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  • The Children Will Lead

    From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 16 17:08:19 2025
    I just rewatched this episode of the original Star Trek and was struck
    by how it resonated with what we see on some college campuses these
    days; the only difference was the age of the children involved.

    In both the Star Trek episode and real life, children seem to be getting seduced into following an evil force - the Gorgon or Hamas - by someone
    older who means to raise an army of followers and then wreak death and destruction on those who oppose them. The college protest leaders are
    calling for a global intifada, which is surely going to be a bloody
    affair just as the Gorgon proposed to inflict on the people of Marcus 12
    who resisted the children. Just as the children in the episode were
    indifferent to the death of their parents, the older children on the
    campuses are indifferent to the 1200+ Israelis who were murdered on Oct
    7 2023.

    Kirk finally helped free the children from their indoctrination by
    showing them happy times with their parents and then the parents graves.
    Maybe we need to try that with the pro-Hamas crowd: show them the
    documentaries about the young people massacred at the Nova Music
    Festival or the people of all ages killed in their kibbutzes near Gaza.
    I wonder if that would help them find their humanity again?

    --
    Rhino

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to Rhino on Wed Apr 16 21:27:16 2025
    In <vtp684$2poao$10@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:

    [snip]

    who resisted the children. Just as the children in the episode were >indifferent to the death of their parents, the older children on the
    campuses are indifferent to the 1200+ Israelis who were murdered on Oct
    7 2023.

    My obligatory mention that it wasn't "just" Israelis or Jews
    (not that Hamas makes any distinction) but plenty of unrelated
    third parties, including Indians, Cambodians, etc. (Also quite
    a few Americans who, afaik, were Jewish).

    And Hamas is still imprisoning, starving, raping and torturing,
    and oh yes, killing these people.

    Which emphasizes the eveil of Hamas, their Fellow Travelers
    and Useful Idiots, their supporters, and cheerleaders.

    Kirk finally helped free the children from their indoctrination by
    showing them happy times with their parents and then the parents graves. >Maybe we need to try that with the pro-Hamas crowd: show them the >documentaries about the young people massacred at the Nova Music
    Festival or the people of all ages killed in their kibbutzes near Gaza.
    I wonder if that would help them find their humanity again?

    Alas the answer is ... mostly not ....



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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to danny burstein on Wed Apr 16 20:13:51 2025
    On 2025-04-16 5:27 PM, danny burstein wrote:
    In <vtp684$2poao$10@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:

    [snip]

    who resisted the children. Just as the children in the episode were
    indifferent to the death of their parents, the older children on the
    campuses are indifferent to the 1200+ Israelis who were murdered on Oct
    7 2023.

    My obligatory mention that it wasn't "just" Israelis or Jews
    (not that Hamas makes any distinction) but plenty of unrelated
    third parties, including Indians, Cambodians, etc. (Also quite
    a few Americans who, afaik, were Jewish).

    There were some Canadian-born people there too. You're right, I over-generalized.

    And Hamas is still imprisoning, starving, raping and torturing,
    and oh yes, killing these people.

    Indeed. MOST of the remaining hostages are widely believed to be dead so
    we're mostly waiting on bodies rather than living people. But even the
    dead give Hamas "leverage" in their sick games because they know that
    the families of their hostages value getting them back, alive OR dead.

    Which emphasizes the eveil of Hamas, their Fellow Travelers
    and Useful Idiots, their supporters, and cheerleaders.

    No question about that!

    Kirk finally helped free the children from their indoctrination by
    showing them happy times with their parents and then the parents graves.
    Maybe we need to try that with the pro-Hamas crowd: show them the
    documentaries about the young people massacred at the Nova Music
    Festival or the people of all ages killed in their kibbutzes near Gaza.
    I wonder if that would help them find their humanity again?

    Alas the answer is ... mostly not ....

    I strongly suspect you're right, alas.

    --
    Rhino

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