From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: liam@valentijn.nu
Subject: Re: Vulcan Racism Vs. IDIC?
Graeme wrote:
> On Dec 28, 4:07 pm, "Wouter Valentijn" wrote:
>> At the end of ITITNB there is this conversation:
>
> The phrase "Infinite Diversity" does appear in the episode, but it's
> never stated exactly what IDIC stands for, if anything at all. (It's
> not even explicitly stated that IDIC is an acronym). We know what
> they were thinking, because we've seen those non-canon blueprints and
> tech manuals and things, and because one TAS episode explicitly said
> so (before there was any distinction about canon and non-canon). But
> it's never explicitly stated in that episode (but maybe it was in
> others; I'm not familiar enough with Next Gen and beyond to know if
> they ever mentioned it there. Even Kirk's middle name of Tiberius,
> long non-canon despite being mentioned in TAS, was finally "canonized"
> in Star Trek VI).
Okay...
One might even think that IDIC might indicate a level of ability to
mindmeld. And that wearing that symbol was like a merit badge or something.
Miranda seemed to take offence.
>
>
>
>> Why is there 'no longer infinite diversity'?
>> I see no contradiction.
>
> Well, if you accept the idea of limited diversity, then you don't also
> believe in infinite diversity. On the other hand, if you reject the
> idea of limited diversity, then again, there's at least one thing
> you've rejected, so again your diversity is no longer infinite.
It don't think it is about the acception or rejection of diversity.
They simply /state/ that diversity itself is infinate (number X).
And that that can be combined, in infinite (number X) ways.
>
> And even leaving aside the logical difficulty, the whole thing is
> silly. Saying all diversity is good is as silly as saying that all
> diversity is bad. We certainly never saw any Vulcan live that way.
> They all officially reject emotionalism, for example, despite the fact
> that it's one example of that infinite diversity that IDIC supposedly
> says they have to appreciate. It's kind of like the Vulcan version of
> the Prime Directive; something we claim to believe in because it
> sounds good, then ignore freely.
Because Vulcans themselves are limited beings. :-)
I don't see any real problems in that.
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