Chancellor Gorkon

[Itchygomba69 0]

in the undiscover Country, Gorkon reminds me alot of Abe Lincoln, the eard, and with his death being assassinated, he helped bring the Klinons and Federation to peace

[gul_nodrog 2]

Lincoln's death actually hurt the reconciliation between North and South after the Civil War. Under President Johnson's administration "reconstruction" was a punishment-oriented affair that helped divide the two even further, contributed to Southern illiteracy, poverty, and lack of opportunity that the South has only recently been able to recover from.

 

Had Lincoln lived, we would have seen a much gentler and easier melding of the Union and the Confederacy. His assassination was the worst thing that could have happened to the South.

 

Now Gorkon, on the other hand, was also an agent of peace, yes, but more closely resembles a person like Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin. Isn't the friction between the Klingons and the Federation supposed to represent the Cold War between the Soviets and the U.S.? Or was that the Romulans? Hard to keep it straight sometimes.

[Itchygomba69 0]

well I also see that they look alot alike

[Spike The Trill 0]

Lincoln's death actually hurt the reconciliation between North and South after the Civil War.  Under President Johnson's administration "reconstruction" was a punishment-oriented affair that helped divide the two even further, contributed to Southern illiteracy, poverty, and lack of opportunity that the South has only recently been able to recover from. 

 

Had Lincoln lived, we would have seen a much gentler and easier melding of the Union and the Confederacy.  His assassination was the worst thing that could have happened to the South.

 

Now Gorkon, on the other hand, was also an agent of peace, yes, but more closely resembles a person like Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin.  Isn't the friction between the Klingons and the Federation supposed to represent the Cold War between the Soviets and the U.S.?  Or was that the Romulans? Hard to keep it straight sometimes.

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Yea, thre Federation/Klingon conflict was susposed to be the Cold War that we all, or at least most of us on here, lived though. I'm not sure what the Romulans were susposed to represent.

Edited June 2, 2005 by Spike The Trill

[Jack_Bauer 1]

Gorkon's name actually was a combination of Gorbachev and Lincoln.

[Kor37 9]

Wow. Never knew that. That would make a great trivia question.

[Itchygomba69 0]

Lincoln's death actually hurt the reconciliation between North and South after the Civil War.  Under President Johnson's administration "reconstruction" was a punishment-oriented affair that helped divide the two even further, contributed to Southern illiteracy, poverty, and lack of opportunity that the South has only recently been able to recover from. 

 

Had Lincoln lived, we would have seen a much gentler and easier melding of the Union and the Confederacy.  His assassination was the worst thing that could have happened to the South.

 

Now Gorkon, on the other hand, was also an agent of peace, yes, but more closely resembles a person like Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin.  Isn't the friction between the Klingons and the Federation supposed to represent the Cold War between the Soviets and the U.S.?  Or was that the Romulans? Hard to keep it straight sometimes.

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Wel Gorkon's Death almost broke up the Reconciliation between the Klingons and the Federation, so he ad alo in common

[gul_nodrog 2]

Wel Gorkon's Death almost broke up the Reconciliation between the Klingons and the Federation, so he ad alo in common

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Excellent point. I stand corrected.

[Itchygomba69 0]

thanks, I just rewatched it and its like CSI on StarTrek

[Matt 0]

That's very interesting Jack, where'd you find that out?

[Wishfire 2]

Lincoln's death actually hurt the reconciliation between North and South after the Civil War.  Under President Johnson's administration "reconstruction" was a punishment-oriented affair that helped divide the two even further, contributed to Southern illiteracy, poverty, and lack of opportunity that the South has only recently been able to recover from. 

 

Had Lincoln lived, we would have seen a much gentler and easier melding of the Union and the Confederacy.  His assassination was the worst thing that could have happened to the South.

 

Now Gorkon, on the other hand, was also an agent of peace, yes, but more closely resembles a person like Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin.  Isn't the friction between the Klingons and the Federation supposed to represent the Cold War between the Soviets and the U.S.?  Or was that the Romulans? Hard to keep it straight sometimes.

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Maybe, but most people don't really know that off the top of their head. So it's just as likely that many people would see the whole thing as a Cold War with a Civil War ending, or something along those lines.

[Jack_Bauer 1]

That's very interesting Jack, where'd you find that out?

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It was in an article in Star Trek The Magazine. I believe they were interviewing Nick Meyer about ST VI.