jakesteele
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Completely shameless derail here jakesteele and apropos of nothing, but as a fellow Star Trek fan, I gots to know:
Where does that "In the insane society the sane man must act insane" quote you attribute to Mr. Spock come from? I've seen all of the TOS episodes, all of the movies and read an embarrassingly large number of the books and that quote is ringing no bells.
If I had to guess, I'd say it's a misremembered corruption of Spock's line from the end of the episode "Mirror, Mirror":
"It's far easier for you as civilized men to behave like barbarians, than it was for them as barbarians to behave like civilized men."
Someone somewhere (not necessarily you) mentioned it and like a lot of misinformation on the web it spread. As a purveyor of truth I'm sure you want to be sure of your facts and want no part in the spread of erroneous information, right?
Anyway, just thought I'd mention it, sorry for the derail and Live Long and Prosper!
good lord I need a girlfriend
This is where the Mr. Spock quote comes from.
#17 – Elizabeth 1
[adding to the derail]The only other place I remember ever hearing that quote, and having it attributed to Spock, is in the movie version of Cyra McFadden's novel The Serial: a Year in the Life of Marin County, which I highly recommend (both the book and the movie.) A kid says it to the main character, who asks, "Who said that?" and the kid says, "Mr. Spock in Star Trek."
It probably came from this quote. Can’t remember the episode, though.
“It is the insane man who is deemed sane in an insane world.”
