Having confronted Dr. Rogier, Jan Willem Walraven Borst, International Man Of
Mystery, exclaimed:
 
 ED>RV> Vulcans - West-european
 ED>
 ED>      You guys really think highly of yourselves, don't you?
 RVe>  Well, do you have a better option?
       Yes, clearly the alien species in Star Trek do not represent 
different cultures but different aspects of humanity found in every 
culture.  Now some of alien do draw from cultures here on Earth in an 
effort to flesh them out.  Vulcans draw from Asian cultures, Romulans 
are based almost entirely on the ancient Romans, the Klingons originally 
were drawing from the Mongols and now are drawing from North American 
aboriginal cultures and the Kazon were based on United States inner 
city gangs.  
        However many of the races are arch-types, Vulcans are logical, 
Klingons are violent, Romulans are sneaky, Ferengi are greedy, and 
Bajorans are pious.  All are aspects of all of humanity.
       Besides I keep up with the news coming out of West Europe and to 
say that West Europeans are `logical' is laughable...
                                         Sincerely Yours
                                                         
                                         David G. Riess
                                         EchoContinuityMonger
... "Now you dress warmly on those other planes of existance." - Bev
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