re: #138 Gella

You know Gella, I read what you wrote. Many times when I read something, I will get a particular feeling about it, but not really the right words to articulate that feeling.

I chewed on it, read it again, and I think I have it.

My mental impression of that story is folks who need to make those comparisons, (I recognize it often done in jest) refuse to digest the true reality which surrounds them. Of course Spock is a fictional character. In that arena, sure, he is cool. He can be, it is make believe.

Pasting such a label on him somehow qualifies their impression of him, because when it comes down to brass tacks, the real world we are facing right now is potentially scary as any episode of Star Trek.

Comparing him to someone tangible from the past, under similar circumstances, and stakes at hand, becomes more of a difficult task. Almost impossible in my opinion.

For them, this is a pseudo-verification. It qualifies him. These are the same people hell-bent on recreating, and finding some tacit justification in something called Camelot.

I think these are the same people who create the Facebook questions.