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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: George PeattyGeorge Peatty Date: Jul 26, 2008 09:43
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:43:18 -0700, "GeneK" genek_hates_spammers.com>
wrote:
>My take on it was that Kirk was never a slacker ("a stack
>of books with legs) and that the K-M exercise was really
>a trick-question mind game in which cheating the scenario
>*was* the intended solution. Its stated "test of character"
>purpose was a sham, and it was really designed to identify
>the one-in-a-hundred or so cadets who would understand
>that no tactical move is off-limits when it comes to saving
>your ship and crew.
No, the stated purpose is not a sham, but otherwise you are correct. Its
purpose was "to identify the one-in-a-hundred or so cadets who would
understand that no tactical move is off-limits" and Kirk's solution does
reveal his true character. Compare his values with others who would follow
him in the captain's chair of the Enterprise: Rachel Garrett in
"Yesterday's Enterprise", and both Jean-Luc Picard and William Riker in
"Best of Both Worlds 1" who would willingly take their crews into certain
death for the right cause. I don't see Jim Kirk ever laying down his life
for the right cause, because I don't see Jim Kirk ever accepting a situation
where he would have to. With his last breath, he'd be looking for the
cheater's way out ..
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