From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: liam@valentijn.nu   
   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
   Graeme wrote:   
   > On Dec 27, 7:10 pm, Ron  wrote:   
   >> One of things about the movie that really bothered me was all the   
   >> rascism the Vulcans showed-- Calling Sarek a traitor, calling Amanda   
   >> a whore, etc. For a logical, supposedly passionless   
   >> people who believed in infinite diversity-- these Vulcans were sure a   
   >> narrow-minded lot.   
   >   
   > They always have been.  Even in TOS, they had very specific likes and   
   > dislikes.  Things that they accepted and things that they rejected.   
   > And, a nitpick, to be sure, but the whole "Infinite Diversity" thing   
   > is non-canon anyway.  The only place it's ever spelled out is in the   
   > TAS Episode "The Infinite Vulcan".  The IDIC is seen and referenced in   
   > "Is There In Truth No Beauty?", but Spock never explicitly says what   
   > the acronym means.  Considering that Roddenberry just tossed it in   
   > there to have another gewgaw for Lincoln Enterprises to sell, it   
   > probably meant "Infinite Dollars and Infinite Cash".   
      
   At the end of ITITNB there is this conversation:   
      
   MIRANDA: (to Spock) I know now the great joy you felt when you joined minds    
   with Kollos.   
   SPOCK: I rejoice in your knowledge and in your achievement.   
   MIRANDA: I understand, Mister Spock. The glory of creation is in its    
   infinite diversity.   
   SPOCK: And the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty.   
   (Miranda gets on the transporter pad.)   
   MIRANDA: Peace and long life, Spock.   
   SPOCK: Live long and prosper, Miranda.   
   KIRK: Peace.   
      
      
   >   
   > Infinite Diversity is a contradiction in terms anyway (regardless of   
   > whether you include or exclude the idea of limited diversitry, you no   
   > longer have infinite diversity), so no race devoted to logic would   
   > believe in it in the first place.   
      
   Why is there 'no longer infinite diversity'?   
   I see no contradiction.   
      
   --    
   Wouter Valentijn www.j3v.net   
      
   http://www.nksf.scifics.com/startrek.html   
      
   Buffy: This is the Initiative Xander.  Military guys and scientists do not    
   make out with each other.   
   Xander: Well maybe that's what's wrong with the world. Ever think about    
   that?   
      
   'Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4x14: Goodbye Iowa'   
      
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