From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
   On Jan 22, 8:03aam, "Steven L."  wrote:   
   > "Imperius Damian"  wrote in message   
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   > news:hjadjf$sp2$1@news.eternal-september.org:   
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   > > "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   > > > "Quadibloc"  wrote in message   
   > > >> Unfortunately, there _is_ a disturbing note in Star Trek of preference   
   > > >> for a system of ethics which contains disturbing parallels with that   
   > > >> of Nazism to the ethical system of our society, as derived from   
   > > >> Christianity, which constrains people to give precedence to the   
   > > >> immediate and direct consequences of their actions to other   
   > > >> individuals over possible long-range global considerations.   
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   > > > Roddenberry was an atheist, remember?   
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   > > > We're seeing that in the debate over global warming: aLet's all   
   > > > voluntarily agree to take a permanent cut in the global domestic product,   
   > > > even though that might mean starvation for millions of humans--because we   
   > > > gotta save Mother Earth and all them animals.   
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   > > Well an atmosphere composed of 21% oxygen is generally a good thing, as   
   > > opposed to an atmosphere composed of 21% carbon dioxide and carbon   
   monoxide.   
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   > The point is, humans don't need to save every damn species on this   
   > planet.   
   Let's exterminate them all, we're the only life forms that matter.   
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   > No humans are going to starve if the snail darter or the passenger   
   > pigeon or even the whale goes extinct. aWe won't miss them   
   Because only humans matter, god gave us dominion over the Earth right?   
   We can pillage it all we want. The consequences don't matter because   
   jesus is gonna save us all in the end.   
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   > We've already domesticated the species we can use.   
   Yeah those Rhino's just won't fit in my living room and just shit   
   wherever they want.   
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   > We don't need to sacrifice our standard of living to save some bird or   
   > bug or frog or insect.   
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   Is it short-sighted attitudes like yours that has helped make this   
   planet such a polluted mess.   
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