Daily Star Trek Quote Challenge, 8/15/2006
- Then our first step will be to eradicate its population. It's the only way.
- You can't do that.
- Why not?
- Because a true victory is to make your enemy see that they were wrong to oppose you in the first place...to force them to acknowledge your greatness.
- Then you kill them?
- Only if necessary.
- I had no idea.
- Perhaps the biggest disappointment in my life is that the Bajoran people still refuse to appreciate how lucky they were to have me as their liberator. I protected them in so many ways, cared for them as if they were my own children. But to this day, is there a single statue of me on Bajor?
- I would guess not.
- And you'd be right.
Whew, I've been busy at work before, but I have been positively swamped since Monday last week. Sorry for not stopping by, Lord Boner, to exchange greetings over morning tea.
With Israel and Hezbollah each claiming victory, and I think it's real defeat for Israel at Olmert's hands, I couldn't help but think of a certain Trek megalomaniac's definition of victory.
- You can't do that.
- Why not?
- Because a true victory is to make your enemy see that they were wrong to oppose you in the first place...to force them to acknowledge your greatness.
- Then you kill them?
- Only if necessary.
- I had no idea.
- Perhaps the biggest disappointment in my life is that the Bajoran people still refuse to appreciate how lucky they were to have me as their liberator. I protected them in so many ways, cared for them as if they were my own children. But to this day, is there a single statue of me on Bajor?
- I would guess not.
- And you'd be right.
Whew, I've been busy at work before, but I have been positively swamped since Monday last week. Sorry for not stopping by, Lord Boner, to exchange greetings over morning tea.
With Israel and Hezbollah each claiming victory, and I think it's real defeat for Israel at Olmert's hands, I couldn't help but think of a certain Trek megalomaniac's definition of victory.
posted by Perry Eidelbus at
8:26 PM
2 Comments:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episode 530 - "The Sacrifice of Angels"
WEYOUN: Then our first step will be to eradicate its population. It's the only way.
DUKAT: You can't do that.
WEYOUN: Why not?
DUKAT: Because a true victory is to make your enemy see that they were wrong to oppose you in the first place...to force them to acknowledge your greatness.
WEYOUN: Then you kill them?
DUKAT: Only if necessary.
WEYOUN: I had no idea.
DUKAT: Perhaps the biggest disappointment in my life is that the Bajoran people still refuse to appreciate how lucky they were to have me as their liberator. I protected them in so many ways, cared for them as if they were my own children. But to this day, is there a single statue of me on Bajor?
WEYOUN: I would guess not.
DUKAT: And you'd be right.
Winner! I loved Marc Alaimo's inflections in "to force them to acknowledge your greatness." He must have had a great time playing Dukat.
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