Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!atl-c03.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!216.196.98.144!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m2.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 60 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 06 Jan 2005 01:10:48 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050105201048.06298.00002427@mb-m18.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161819 X-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:11:44 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] by Sisko2374 Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both Archive: Yes "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just stand there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. Excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in satisfaction. "In a pigs eye, Spock. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking. If I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. Natural disasters, not always. The number of victims in either case may be the same, or greater. But we as sentients are ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and more respectful. "Thanks, Spock. Sorry to have bothered you." END NewMessage: Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!atl-c03.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!216.196.98.144!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 60 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 06 Jan 2005 01:15:32 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050105201532.14229.00002593@mb-m13.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161820 X-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:16:05 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] by Sisko2374 Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both Archive: Yes "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just stand there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. Excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in satisfaction. "In a pigs eye, Spock. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking. If I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. Natural disasters, not always. The number of victims in either case may be the same, or greater. But we as sentients are ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and more respectful. "Thanks, Spock. Sorry to have bothered you." END NewMessage: ath: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshosting.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m2.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 59 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 06 Jan 2005 01:37:40 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050105203740.06450.00002168@mb-m22.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161821 X-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:37:45 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both Archive: Yes "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just stand there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. Excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in satisfaction. "In a pigs eye, Spock. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking. If I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. Natural disasters, not always. The number of victims in either case may be the same, or greater. But we as sentients are ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and more respectful. "Thanks, Spock. Sorry to have bothered you." END NewMessage: Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsswing.news.prodigy.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 58 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: jmilesband@aol.com (JMilesBand) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 06 Jan 2005 14:22:06 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS " A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050106092206.21623.00002508@mb-m12.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161824 X-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:22:14 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] by Sisko2374@aol.com Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just stand there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. I am showing compassion right now by doing my job. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. However excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in satisfaction. "In a pigs eye, Spock. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking. If I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. Natural disasters, not always. The number of victims in either case may be the same, or greater. But we as sentients are ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and more respectful. END NewMessage: Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshosting.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 58 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 07 Jan 2005 14:28:13 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050107092813.06333.00002472@mb-m18.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161829 X-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:28:29 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] by Sisko2374@aol.com Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just stand there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. Compassion in this case means doing our jobs. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. Excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in satisfaction. "In a pigs eye, Spock. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking. If I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. Natural disasters, not always. The number of victims in either case may be the same, or greater. But we as sentients are ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and more respectful. END NewMessage: Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 68 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 09 Jan 2005 03:10:54 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050108221054.18547.00000013@mb-m21.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161847 X-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:11:52 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] By Sisko2374 Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both Archive: Yes "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just sit there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova sub-space shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system is disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. I am showing compassion by doing my job. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. However, excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall, it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in triumph. "In a pigs eye it had. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking, if I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. With natural disasters, that is not always the case. The number of victims may be lesser or greater in either scenario. But we as sentients are all ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. What makes it more socially acceptable for humans to grieve the victims of a natural disaster than the victims of the social catastrophe that is war?" Spock turned and stared dispassionately into McCoy's eyes. With no answer forthcoming, he swiveled his chair back to face his Science station once more. " Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and just a bit more respectful. Then he silently turned away, walking toward the turbolift that would take him to the transporter and the disaster striken planet below. END NewMessage: Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m2.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 68 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: sisko2374@aol.com (Sisko2374) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 09 Jan 2005 03:16:35 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <20050108221635.06368.00002342@mb-m18.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161848 X-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:17:33 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) NEW TOS "A Socially Acceptable Disaster" Spock, McCoy [PG] By Sisko2374 Summary: Bones and Spock discuss the ethical implications of disasters, both Archive: Yes "Its beyond me Spock. I mean I know you've supposedly purged yourself of all emotion, but how can you just sit there at your station, routinely measuring … body counts?" Spock turned from his Science station and raised an eyebrow at McCoy. "Doctor, I am endeavoring to obtain as precise a quantification as possible of the number of dead on Beta Indiris so as to calculate the exact amount of nutritional assistance that will be required for the period of recovery. It is also necessary to know the exact number of hours of labor time that will be lost to the Beta Indiris economy from the number of dead, injured and missing. The Federation has a limited number of industrial replicators available. The number of replicators we provide will determine the speed of the recovery." McCoy frowned. "You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about. Aren't you even able to shed a tear for all those innocents down there? I mean the entire planet was subjected to a super nova sub-space shock wave only 50 light years away. Millions are dead. The eco-system is disrupted. And you show no compassion what so ever." Spock removed his communicator ear piece. "I beg to differ with you Doctor. I am showing compassion by doing my job. Logically, the only thing we can do in this case is to proceed to respond as efficiently as possible with disaster relief. However, excessive wallowing in sentimentality is far more likely to reduce our efforts rather than enhance them." McCoy crossed his arms. "Really, Spock? Last year I could have sworn I saw a tear roll down your cheek when we rescued the survivors of the Klingon assault on Menos III." Spock almost seemed about to swallow a lump in his throat. "Doctor, you are mistaken. That was not a tear. If you recall, it had just begun to rain when we beamed down to Menos." McCoy smirked in triumph. "In a pigs eye it had. You were on the verge of tears." Spock turned back to his station. "Hypothetically speaking, if I was to be reduced to a human display of emotion it would be explained by the fact that the disaster at Menos III was of sentient, not natural origin. War can be prevented by logic and reason. With natural disasters, that is not always the case. The number of victims may be lesser or greater in either scenario. But we as sentients are all ultimately responsible for the disasters of our own creation. What makes it more socially acceptable for humans to grieve the victims of a natural disaster than the victims of the social catastrophe that is war?" Spock turned and stared dispassionately into McCoy's eyes. With no answer forthcoming, he swiveled his chair back to face his Science station once more. " Now if you will excuse me Doctor, I must return to my calculations." McCoy stared at his old friend for a moment, feeling somewhat humbled … and just a bit more respectful. Then he silently turned away, walking toward the turbolift that would take him to the transporter and the disaster striken planet below. END NewMessage: