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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Spock's Honesty (or lack thereof)
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Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 13:27:40 EDT
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> >    As I recall, Spock never out and out denied it.  When Kirk asked about
> > the tape that they were supposed to have viewed, McCoy *did* deny it but
> > Spock just said something to the effect of "Tape?  What tape?" and then
> > kind of shrugged and shuffled and mumbled a bit without ever actually denying
> > that he saw the tape.  
> > -- 
> >      Adrian Zannin
> 
> Maybe this is flogging a dead horse (see my earlier posting on the subject),
> but coincidentally, I just saw this episode two or three days ago, and 
> as a result of this discussion, paid close attention to the exchange
> cited above.  I can't quote the lines exactly, but Spock *did* clearly
> deny having listened to the tape, just as McCoy did.  And, as I said before,
> I think that "Vulcan's cannot lie," is a false premise -- and Spock has
> proved it time and time again.
> 
> 
> Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
> 

Yeah, but Spock isn't REALLY a Vulcan, so possibly he has a harder time
not lieing.  Besides, the whole concept of that scene is that Spock &
Bones are pulling a funny.  Pulling a funny is not a Vulcan kind of thing
to do, either.
--
"We can't afford to be innocent."                      Peter Merchant