>
> "ToolPackinMama"...

>> JKconey wrote:

>>>>> Look, with a website calledhttp://www.spockosbrain.com, I think it's
>>>>> clear enough that this newsmaker is a Trekkie.

>>>
>>>
>>> Thought you'd like to know Mama, that at the ST con in Vegas there
>>> were over 3000 guests, and all of them referred to themselves as
>>> "TREKKERS". LOL

>>
>> Sure they did. :)
>>
>> I was a Trekkie before Trekkers were born, like every single Trek Fan who
>> was a fan from the start.
>>
>> I know what I am. :)

>
> ...

> "Wickeddoll

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>> JKconey wrote:

>>>> On Aug 28, 1:17 am, ToolPackinMama comcast.net...

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> "Wickeddoll

> In article <48bd700e$0$29505$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "JKconey"
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>> "ToolPackinMama" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On 02 Sep 2008, the world was enlightened by Anim8rFSK's opinion
> about...
>

>> In article <48bd700e$0$29505$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "JKconey"
>> aol.com> wrote:
>>

>>> "ToolPackinMama"

> "JKconey" ...

>> "ToolPackinMama"...

>>> JKconey wrote:

>>>>>> Look, with a website calledhttp://www.spockosbrain.com, I think it's
>>>>>> clear enough that this newsmaker is a Trekkie.

>>>>
>>>> Thought you'd like to know Mama, that at the ST con in Vegas there
>>>> were over 3000 guests, and all of them referred to themselves as
>>>> "TREKKERS". LOL

>>> Sure they did. :)
>>>
>>> I was a Trekkie before Trekkers were born, like every single Trek Fan who
>>> was a fan from the start.
>>>
>>> I know what I am. :)

>>
>> You know I'm just teasing you but..... whoever spoke to the audience,
>> from Sulu & Uhura to cast members of Next Gen & Voyager & DS9 &
>> Enterprise, not one that we heard ever said trekkies. It was always ...

> The term "Trekker" came later, with TNG. TNG fans wanted for some
> mysterious reason, to distinguish themselves from Original Trek fans
> (Trekkies) so they coined "Trekkers" to create a TOTALLY ARTIFICIAL
> BARRIER between themselves and the Trek fans who preceded them.
>

> Basically, Trekkers are SNOBS. Trekkers think they are somehow
> mysteriously better than Trekkies. They are not. Trekkers are Trekkies
> who are snobs. That doesn't make them better. It makes them worse.
>

> Star Trek was not about some people being better than the other people.
> Star Trek was about us all being in the same boat.
>
> Therefore, I say that Trekkers DON'T GET IT. If you get it, you are a
> Trekkie, not a Trekker.