BN>JM>BN>had its savage, colonizing period. ...  If the Romulans are 
ffshoots
BN>JM>BN>from Vulcan heritage, & I think this likely, then weakness is
BN>JM>BN>This came _prior_ to Surak's ("Father of all we hold dear.")
BN>JM>BN>revelations regarding peace & logic. ;)
BN>JM>IIRC, as it's been *many* years ago when I saw/read this but,
BN>JM>faction that disagreed with said teachings. This faction didn't want
BN>JM>anything to do with Surak's group and bought/built a generation ship
BN>JM>to colonize another world away from Surak & his followers.
BN>JM>Now, I don't recall the source. It might have been a novel.
BN>I seem to recall that, too.  Spock's comment predated it by some
BN>years, of course, so we may be dealing with some RETCON on this
BN>one.
It does come from a novel, Diane Duane & Peter C. Norwood's *The Romulan
Way*.  Since the novels aren't canon, it's not a RETCON; indeed, very
little of Duane's *excellent* work with the Rihannsu has found its way
into canon, if indeed anything has.
The same is true of John Ford's Klingon work.
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