>  DB> This is interesting, because I don't remember any part of that 
pisode
 >  DB> specifically referring the the point that the Romulans left in order 
to
 >  DB> save their lives.  The first paragraph is correct, but the facts for 
the
 >  DB> second paragraph are where exactly in those episodes, if you don't 
mind
 >  DB> refreshing my memory?
 > But we did see in the episode that the followers of Surak were using the
 > Stone of Gol.
Did we see that, or did we simply learn of the existence of a weapon which 
would be more effective for them than anyone else?  Since Tallera used the 
weapon and suffered no ill effects, despite her obviously violent state of 
mind, we know the Stone of Gol only affects the user's intended targets. 
There's no reason, therefore, that the original users of the Stone of Gol 
would have to be coldly logical.  People use all sorts of weapons to which 
they are not immune, simply because they assume the weapon won't be turned on 
them.  Why should the Stone of Gol be any different?
 > Who would they be killing with the Stone of Gol but
 > people who declined to surrender their violent emotions?
They weren't there at the time, but even if they were, who says they were the 
only violent ones on a planet described as remarkably violent.
Rob
... Ighel, and Frezberg, and Kohl, oh my!
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