| Re: Vulcan Anti-Defamation League [message #20366] |
Sa, 23 April 2005 11:32 |
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Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:
> In article <xLQs7.133221$K6.61116375 [at] news2>, Erich Owens
> <spnkbooty15 [at] home.com> wrote:
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> > I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but the emotions of Vulcans
> > appear to be quite random and savage, and without logic, even moreso than
> > human emotions. This is why Vulcans need to repress them. Their normal
> > emotions are much stronger than the ones that humans have, and would take
> > over them if they did not do so.
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> Point taken. Vulcans can complain all they like about how volatile
> humans are, but in the time before Surak, Vulcan was a much more
> violent place than Earth *ever* was. I remember hearing once that
> before the Time of Awakening, at any given time there was never more
> than about 5% of Vulcan's population which was not at war.
How in the world did the Vulcans avoid blowing themselves up with
nuclear
weapons between the time their Atomic Age began to the time Surak began
his
peace crusade? (I've read that the Vulcans had space travel and
antimatter
weapons before Surak brought them peace).
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| Re: Vulcan Anti-Defamation League [message #20367 ] |
Sa, 23 April 2005 12:50 |
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"Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni [at] pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
news:426A161D.B61BF081 [at] pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
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> Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:
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>> In article <xLQs7.133221$K6.61116375 [at] news2>, Erich Owens
>> <spnkbooty15 [at] home.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but the emotions of
>> > Vulcans
>> > appear to be quite random and savage, and without logic, even moreso
>> > than
>> > human emotions. This is why Vulcans need to repress them. Their
>> > normal
>> > emotions are much stronger than the ones that humans have, and would
>> > take
>> > over them if they did not do so.
>>
>> Point taken. Vulcans can complain all they like about how volatile
>> humans are, but in the time before Surak, Vulcan was a much more
>> violent place than Earth *ever* was. I remember hearing once that
>> before the Time of Awakening, at any given time there was never more
>> than about 5% of Vulcan's population which was not at war.
>
> How in the world did the Vulcans avoid blowing themselves up with
> nuclear
> weapons between the time their Atomic Age began to the time Surak began
> his
> peace crusade? (I've read that the Vulcans had space travel and
> antimatter
> weapons before Surak brought them peace).
They were lucky.
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