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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Spoils of war
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Fri Sep 15 05:21:57 2017
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:24:49 -0400
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On 9/14/2017 12:59 PM, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
> The Klingons that raided the dilithium mines in Enterprise always
> seemed like they weren't part of the military machine, but were
> independent pirates in their beat-up transport ship.
You can't selectively exclude a segment of society when you're trying to
demonstrate the society doesn't do what that segment does. Being
military or not doesn't matter here. We're asking whether Klingon has a
word for /spoils,/ not whether the Klingon government approves of
despoiling.
So we're agreed that the answer to the question, what is the Klingon
word for /spoils/?/,/ is not "Klingons don't despoil," yes?
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2017 12:59 PM, qurgh lungqIj
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CALPi+eRQx2dKUSumL63TfuGgaU7s+HTB+2X+yoNZ+aCfmBG2Kw@mail.gmail.com">The
Klingons that raided the dilithium mines in Enterprise always
seemed like they weren't part of the military machine, but were
independent pirates in their beat-up transport ship. </blockquote>
<p>You can't selectively exclude a segment of society when you're
trying to demonstrate the society doesn't do what that segment
does. Being military or not doesn't matter here. We're asking
whether Klingon has a word for <i>spoils,</i> not whether the
Klingon government approves of despoiling.</p>
<p>So we're agreed that the answer to the question, what is the
Klingon word for <i>spoils</i>?<i>,</i> is not "Klingons don't
despoil," yes?<br>
</p>
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