Re: "You're not a murdurer" - "Dont make me one"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Johnston) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 27 Nov 2003 17:17:35 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kavking) wrote:
> 
> 
> >> >What of Trip?
> >> 
> >> What of him?
> >
> >We wouldn't be in this situation at all, if Trip were not on verge of
> >death, and more than an integral part of the ship's crew.  No
> >Enterprise, no Earth.
> >Seems to me, that he deserves even a side note in this debate.
> 
> Yes, we've already noted that Trip's usefulness to the mission
> is the primary justification for what happened. 

I hadn't seen that.  I have seen debate about Sim, Archer, Tuvix and
Janeway, but nothing of Trip.
> 
> >> 
> >> >And if I remember correctly, Dr. Phlox orginally told Arcer that Sim
> >> >would not die from the surgery, Archer didn't know he would until
> >> >quite late in the game.
> >> >What of Phlox?
> >> 
> >> What of him?  
> >
> >Why are we so quick to decide that Archer is a villian here, when we
> >seem to forget that he makes decisions based on what his doctor,
> >Phlox, told him.
> 
> Phlox gets a pass because he's an alien.

Why?
K