>> She evaluated the situation. As in any 'organization', there were
moderates and radicals. Most people knew the Tellarite was a hothead by
nature, which negated his impact somewhat. But even knowing that, if
>> someone heard the argument enough, they might start to believe it.
>>
> The sound of the door opening and closing was heard, but no one paid it
any mind. They had their security measures.....
>
>The LCMR replied, "I am not suggesting that we wait forever. I am saying
that we try to work with the man before we start thinking of taking drastic
measures."
>
>The piggy replied, "You are an idealist, adn you are soft. How can you
suggest that we wait. We have been waiting for years for reforms to be
proposed."
>
>Captain Simmons breaks in, "The real question is can one being cause the
demise of what we hold dear? Can one being single handedly take down
Starfleet?"
>
> The Tellerite jumps in, "Of course he can. If he is high enough. If he
is unopposed and blindly followed. If beings are not watching and there is
not a system of checks and balances. The answer is obviously yes. Anyone
that thinks different is fooling themselves."
"I think," said Kitanya quietly, interrupting the Tellarite's tirade with a
demeanor that said she was to be listened to, "that the question is not
whetherrr one being can cause the kind of damage you'rrre talking about,
Admirrral, but whetherrr Admirrral Lasiterrr is the kind of perrrson who
will do so. And since I am the only one herrre who knows him and worrrks
with him, my opinion is that he will not. Just becuase he is an unknown
varrriable doesn't mean he is bad. Given the strrring of well-known
failurrres in that position, someone who isn't well-known and isn't playing
a political game seems to me like a welcome rrrelief." She kept her voice
calm, but put convinction behind them, to stress that this was not an
academic debate but her real feelings.
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
