From: Gene McAloon 

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 00:33:28 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article , gmcaloon_2000
>{at}Yahoo.com says...
>> But a hologram that took on increasingly human characteristics, just as Data
>> did.  The gadgets were never quite good enough until they became more
>> human-like.
>
>Gene, I hate to break it to you, but the "Doctor" was a human actor. As
>an actor, he wanted to be a part of plot lines.
>
>Some of us can separate real life from television.
>
>

Bill, I hate to break it to you, but actors don't dictate to script writers.

From the writer's point of view, the holograph doctor or the android ships
officer must in time develop human characteristics if the audience is to
identify with them.

In case you were not aware of it, all of us here can distinguish between a
TV series and real life and the distinction hardly needs to be pointed out.
On the other hand, perhaps you have some difficulty with the concept of
using a TV series to illustrate a point.

I am sure that there are those here who can help you with your apparent problem.
At the moment I am having difficulty enough trying to deal with Geo's
logic. It strikes me as a bit . . . alien.

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