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Mr. Spock as Conservative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over at The American Thinker there is an article entitled Why Conservatives Will Miss Spock.  Go here to read it.  I am afraid I found it fairly unsatisfying.  However, there are examples of Spock giving voice during Star Trek episodes to fairly conservative viewpoints.  Here are some of these instances:

 

 

1.  Balance of Terror-Sadly, war sometimes is necessary:

War is never imperative, Mister Spock.

McCoy, after Spock agrees with Stiles on attacking the Romulans

It is for them, doctor. Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive, colonizing period; savage, even by Earth standards. And if the Romulans retained this martial philosophy, then weakness is something we dare not show.

Spock, responding to McCoy

 

 

2.  Space Seed-Freedom is better than rule by even an able dictator-

Captain James T. Kirk: [looking at a library picture of Khan on viewscreen] Name: Khan Noonien Singh.

Mr. Spock: From 1992 through 1996, absolute ruler of more than a quarter of your world, from Asia through the Middle East.

Dr. McCoy: The last of the tyrants to be overthrown.

Scott: I must confess, gentlemen. I’ve always held a sneaking admiration for this one.

Captain James T. Kirk: He was the best of the tyrants and the most dangerous. They were supermen in a sense. Stronger, braver, certainly more ambitious, more daring.

Mr. Spock: Gentlemen, this romanticism about a ruthless dictator is…

Captain James T. Kirk: Mr. Spock, we humans have a streak of barbarism in us. Appalling, but there, nevertheless.

Scott: There were no massacres under his rule.

Mr. Spock: And as little freedom.

Dr. McCoy: No wars until he was attacked.

Mr. Spock: Gentlemen…

[All but Spock laugh]

Captain James T. Kirk: Mr. Spock, you misunderstand us. We can be against him and admire him all at the same time.

Mr. Spock: Illogical.

Captain James T. Kirk: Totally.

 

3.  Mirror Mirror-Civilization is better than barbarism-

 

Spock:  It was far easier for you as civilized men to behave like barbarians than it was for them as barbarians to behave like civilized men.

 

 

4.  Whom Gods Destroy-All men-sentient beings-are created equal-

James T. Kirk: They were humanitarians and statesmen, and they had a dream– a dream that became a reality and spread throughout the stars. A dream that made Mr. Spock and I brothers.

Garth of Izar: Mr. Spock, you consider Captain Kirk and yourself brothers?

Spock: Captain Kirk speaks somewhat figuratively and with undue emotion. However, what he says is logical, and I do, in fact, agree with it.

 

 

5.  A Taste of Armageddon-Sometimes the best diplomacy is superior firepower-

Spock: Practicing a peculiar variety of diplomacy, sir. [Fires phaser]

 

 

6.  This Side of Paradise-Males and females are different

Spock: I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

 

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Paul W Primavera
Paul W Primavera
Sunday, March 1, AD 2015 7:44am
Foxfier
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Sunday, March 1, AD 2015 3:12pm

Logic has drawn many into the Church. <3

Joseph
Joseph
Wednesday, March 4, AD 2015 7:53pm

“A dream that made Mr. Spock and ‘I’ brothers”? I’m surprised Spock didn’t catch that.

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