--"Isn’t that inconsistent with the TNG episode “Heart of Glory"..."

Again, the rituals around death have already been shown to be inconsistently depicted (see "ak'voh," the practice of guarding a body over night so that the spirit might leave it in peace -- also performed by Worf). So who knows.

Also, did you know that the Taj Mahal is flanked by two identical, mirroring mosques that just aren't shown in most pictures? (reference: http://www.blankinship-web.com/sabbatical01/India/Taj_Mahal/taj-1.jpg). I just think that's cool.

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:44 PM, <kechpaja@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Jan 2, 2018, at 13:29, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Note:
> Don't continue reading if you don't want SPOILERS on Discovery.
>
>> Am 02.01.2018 um 17:50 schrieb SuStel:
>> That is, not all Klingons, past and present, necessarily consider a corpse to be an useless, empty shell.
>
> I just rewatched episode 2 of Discovery, and indeed, T'kuvma explained why they recovered their dead warriors: He explains that when a warrior dies while sleeping, he is just flesh and bones, but a warrior who dies in battle deserves his final honorable treatment.

Isn’t that inconsistent with the TNG episode “Heart of Glory”, in which the bodies of two Klingons who “died well” (in a battle with the Worf) are referred to as simply empty shells? IIRC (the Wikipedia article doesn’t seem to discuss this) the Enterprise crew are told by the Klingon commander to simply dispose of the bodies by the most efficient means possible.

- SapIr

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