Questions on canon

[Distorted Humor]

I always thought that the classic, twelve-pound cannon was the best.

 

[xortex]

Political prisoners could be very valuable still to their planet's of origin and serve to be living reminders of their crimes to be used as bargaining chips at negociating tables. They don't take innocent hostages either. They are utilitarian in their philosophy. A Federation prisoner strengthens thier political position and ideaology by weakening the Federations. They become symbols of who and what the Federation is which can only help the Klingon cause by exposing the Human's weakness.

 

[Yevetha]

Yeah, but there were all kind of scum on Rura Penthe.

Political prisoners behave differently.

 

[xortex]

Yeah, but there were all kind of scum on Rura Penthe.

Political prisoners behave differently.

Because they didn't want it to appear they had only enemy Federation prisoners to make us look bad.

 

[Yevetha]

Political prisoners can be vauable.

They would not let them kill eachother.

 

[xortex]

They're not that valuable and only in relation to their home planets to whom they are liabilities.

 

[Yevetha]

Then why not kill them?

 

[xortex]

They're living proof of their crimes and Human weakness.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Kirk could have just said it to Saavik to be flip, or to make a point. Or he could have been just repeating an old Starfleet aphorism to encourage better performance.

I find the idea that a Star Trek character can actually say something that is untrue utterly shocking. Shocking, I say!

 

[Yevetha]

They're living proof of their crimes and Human weakness.

Maybe tehy are doing forced labour.

The Klingon do have slaves according to KRAD.