[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Spock's emotions/was MBTI Thinking/Feeling

[walkthewalk999 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/31/02 4:04:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mcsalas at pacbell.net writes:


> Hi, all,
> 
> My first post--I'm so excited...


Mine too!
> 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "bbennett320178" <bbennett at j...> wrote:
> 
> Spock definitely did have emotions. The backstory is that way back 
> when, Vulcans were extremely hot-headed. As a culture they eventually 
> embraced pure logic, but the emotions are still there. (IIRC, the 
> referenced episode occured quite early in the series, before some of 
> this had been developed.) However, even though Spock still had 
> emotions, he had been trained from birth to disregard them, and had 
> been immersed in a culture that disregarded them.

This is true, but remember, Spock had mixed blood, one parent was human 
(Feeling)  and one was Vulcan (thinking), and he was ashamed of his human 
(ie.. emotional) side, so he tried to hide his emotions even more.

And this is way OT :-)  Glad this list allows it!

Linda


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