Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:56 pm
The Doctor had extensive experience with Nano probes unlike most people.
They attacked while Voyager was snooping around 8472 controled space. Voyager was in their territory.Ummm... You said it your self they attacked us in the graveyard before we made any hostile move towards them. So they attacked first taking away a large part of your arguement.
Yes, becuase taking the quote in the context it was said clearly counts as 'distorting'.Or it could mean the weak will perish... and considering everything in our Galaxy is weak compared to them it would seem they would all perish. You have to distort the meaning to your own means I take them as they were said.
Why? What proof do you have of that? Humanity does not know of any other sentient race, does that mean that if we met one, we would try to restore our own place as the only sentient race?They are a species that are the only one from there area. Until recently they were unaware of any othr species. Thus the appearence of hundreds of other species may have severly scared them and caused them to restore their sole species universe.
I am taking it as it is said, and taking into acount the conditions in which it was said. Becuase of that, it seems quite clear that it was just a threat.You have no evidence it was psycological warfare. You have to take it literally until proven wrong by canon.
We were invading their territory. They had every right to attack us.No as I stated they attack us first for no reason in the graveyard
Yes we would try to kill/enslave them if we could. Humans hate what is different. Read pretty much any history book for evidence.Why? What proof do you have of that? Humanity does not know of any other sentient race, does that mean that if we met one, we would try to restore our own place as the only sentient race?
I will also point out the noticeable lack of other races 8472 attacked.
Yes, it was their territory. They had conquered it, they were in control, they owned it.It wasn't their territory. It wasnt even their Galaxy.
Only if we're talking about Imperial-era humans, or if the planet underwent mass religious upheaval. Aside from that, no we wouldn't. There would naturaly be fear and paranoia, but we would hardly go as far as genocide. Especialy if said race was peacefull and willing to share technology.Yes we would try to kill/enslave them if we could. Humans hate what is different. Read pretty much any history book for evidence.
Irrelevant. Did we see evidence of other races being attacked? No. Did we see a Klingon version of the Starfleet HQ simulator? No.Thats because the only place we saw them was in Borg space.
Intimidation and psychological warfare always helps. And it transpired that they weren't able to swat us away.Why say purge our Galaxy or destroy the weak when they could just kill us or say they are going to kill us. They have no reason to intimidate when they can just swat us away like a bug.
Holy wars, slavery, the modern Jihad, hate crimes these are all examples of hating what is different and hardly ancient history.Only if we're talking about Imperial-era humans, or if the planet underwent mass religious upheaval. Aside from that, no we wouldn't. There would naturaly be fear and paranoia, but we would hardly go as far as genocide. Especialy if said race was peacefull and willing to share technology.
Hard to see other races being attacked when there arent any other races around. Canon dialog shows they did not just want to destroy the Borg but everything.Irrelevant. Did we see evidence of other races being attacked? No. Did we see a Klingon version of the Starfleet HQ simulator? No.
You are right there. But the fact remains that it is extremely unlikely that the whole planet would unite to commit xenocide. While there may be factions who would commit such acts, this can hardly be applied to the species as a whole.Holy wars, slavery, the modern Jihad, hate crimes these are all examples of hating what is different and hardly ancient history.
1) Yes, there are other races. The Delta Quadrant dosen't belong solely to the Borg.Hard to see other races being attacked when there arent any other races around. Canon dialog shows they did not just want to destroy the Borg but everything.
Or maybe it was becuase we were the only race they were at war with?The reason there was a Starfleet simulator and not a Klingon or other race was because we are the only ones who pose a real threat to them.
No evidence, ergo we can assume they do not exist............or maybe they had other simulators.....................
What's to stop them capturing the vessels of other races? It's what I'd do...........or maybe there was only enough information retrieved from voyagers' databanks etc, just to recreate a federation facility..........
1) There are other races in the Delta quadrant but not in Borg space which is where we saw most of the action.1) Yes, there are other races. The Delta Quadrant dosen't belong solely to the Borg.
2) I have already show that that dialog can be interpreted in multiple ways. Taking into acount the lack of attacks on other races, my interpretation seems more likely.
Not really, as many of our assumptions are backed up with canon evidence and comon sense.Granite wrote:No evidence, ergo we can neither assume or dismiss they exist.......if we thought along the lines of: no evidence, ergo something does not exist; that could prove messy with some of our assumptions about trek....
Or, they could simply have no interest in war with other races. That is the simplest explaination.Species 8742 may or may not be capturing vessels and their crew, even if they did, they might not have similar information in their databanks regarding their own allegiance or empire, as voyager does, pertaining to the federation..........
And yet, despite being able to open wormholes wherever they please, they never once attacked another race.Teaos wrote:1) There are other races in the Delta quadrant but not in Borg space which is where we saw most of the action.
I know. Particularly once you take into acount the context in which it was said.2) Purging the weak is hard to misinterprat.