[tlhIngan Hol] In space all warriors are cold warriors

[mayqel qunenoS]

> Star Trek VI is largely allegorical for the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union.

I didn't know that !

In that case, as americans say : "I stand corrected" ! or as greeks
say : "I was wrong"..

or, as klingons would use a replacement proverb {reH latlh qabDaq qul
tuj law' Hoch tuj puS}

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:12 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 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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