18 Jun
2001
18 Jun
'01
7:38 a.m.
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
There's a Star Trek:NG episode where Picard meets
a Captain of another
ship from a civilization where no one speaks in specifics, but in
metaphor. I felt very at-home with these fictional aliens, as I tend
to speak in metaphor as well.
"Darmok". One of my favorite (if not most favorite) STTNG episodes.
Here's a review:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/episodes/202.html
But yeah, a dose of intolerance can be healthy; I
always think of
Peter Finch in "Network": "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take
it
anymore!"
The problem is you need a critical mass of that sort of attitude to make
anything happen :(
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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