Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Spock's Honesty (or lack thereof) Message-ID: <3348@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 13:27:40 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3348 Posted: Sun Jul 14 13:27:40 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 05:29:36 EDT References: <515@hoxna.UUCP> <24900103@uiucdcs> <739@ihlpg.UUCP> Distribution: net.startrek Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 26 > > 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