[tlhIngan Hol] In space all warriors are cold warriors

[SuStel]

On 7/4/2016 5:26 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> indeed.. but there is a difference between "cold war" and "cold warrior".


/Star Trek VI/ is largely allegorical for the Cold War between the West 
and the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall had fallen, Gorbachev had 
championed perestroika, and the future of the Cold War was uncertain. 
So, while in isolation a /cold warrior/ might be a warrior who fights 
without pity or remorse, in the allegorical context of /ST:VI/ General 
Chang's comment about cold warriors is meant to evoke a warrior of the 
Cold War.

> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4 July 2016 at 10:20, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> At the risk of bringing down upon me the wrath of the Ca'non master, I
>>> have to say that I disagree with the canon sentence :
>>>
>>> {loghDaq Suvrupbogh SuvwI'pu' chaH Hoch SuvwI'pu''e'}.
>>>
>>> When we say "cold warrior", I don't think that the actual meaning is
>>> "ready to fight" ; it is rather "ready to destroy without holding back
>>> or feeling remorse, perhaps bordering on the ruthless"
>> The English idiom "cold war" refers to a state of hostilities in which
>> no (or very little) actual fighting takes place or has yet taken
>> place. Thus, a "cold warrior" is indeed a warrior who is prepared to
>> fight.


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