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Re: De'wI'wIj vIngu'; pagh vIngu''a'? (Re: Skype

Lieven L. Litaer ([email protected])

• From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: De'wI'wIj vIngu'; pagh vIngu''a'? (Re: Skype
• Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:13:55 +0200
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Am Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:56:04 -0400 (EDT) hat <[email protected]> 
geschrieben:

> I notice that a lot of people forget the word "beings".
> My dictionary says "beings capable of using language".  That rules out 
> computers and such.

There we come back to the TNG episode "The measure of a man" where they had 
a big discussion if Data is a machine that belongs to starfleet or if he is 
a being with his own rights.

But a computer is a "thing", not a "being", that's right. Canon is very 
clear on that.

Quvar.

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