From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ryon@dslnorthwest.net   
   Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?   
      
      
      
   > But those young Vulcans who called young Spock's dad a traitor and his   
   > mom a whore, were just taunting him the way young kids taunt each other   
   > even here on Earth.  They were trying to provoke him into an emotional   
   > response, to prove that he's more human than Vulcan.  They succeeded.   
      
   Yeah, but it wasn't only the brats that pushed Spock's buttons: the   
   "elder" at the Science Institue pretty much did a number on Amanda   
   with his "handicapped" remark. That forced Spock into doing something   
   no one else had ever done-- he quit to go into Starfleet. It was such   
   a casually rascist remark that I don't think even the Vulcan himself   
   knew just how insulting it was.   
      
   Ron   
      
      
      
   __________   
      
   "Living in a fantasy (Tired eyes, tears that dried), there's never any   
   room to breathe (On the bed, on the pillow, where you told your lies),   
   hoping every waking hour (A turn of the key, my blood runs cold)."   
      
   T'Pau   
      
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