Neither.
And that his father seems to ultimately agree with him suggests that the writer thinks naive idealism trumps an adult assessment of the threat of putting advanced weapon technology into the hands of everyone.
Ah, naive idealism, like, " We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.", etc.?
It's funny that no amount of security and secrecy kept nuclear weapons techonology out of the hands of everyone.
You were the one arguing that they wanted the equipment. My point is that they wanted the technology, not the equipment, per se.
I see the problem. You're not debating what I've written. You're debating what you want me to have written.
From my post #103. I quote: "John wanted to give the technology to all countries in order to unite them."
So now they are diplomats? Were you watching the same show that I was watching?
I never said they were diplomats. Re-read what you wrote and to what I replied and stop putting words into my mouth.
And the clearly misanthropic message from that episode and the one that followed showing TV shows from Earth about their visit suggests that the real evil the author sees is Earth humans. Heck, they even make the Skarans more human than the people of Earth in many ways.
It's clear you and I will never see eye-to-eye on this or anything else, so there's no point in going round and round, especially in light of the fact demonstrated above that you're arguing with what you want me to be I'm saying and not with what I'm actually saying.
I'll let you have the last word, no matter how untruthful it may be.
FRegards
I assume that what you are saying is in the context of the episode that we were discussing. If it isn't, then why are you saying it? You're arguing like a person who is simply looking to disagree with each statement as some sort of abstraction. The issues you raised was the whether the US had jurisdictoin over John Crighton, wether it had the authority to demand that he turn over technology, and whether it had the authority to govern the aliens while they were on US soil. In response, you went off on tangents about abandoned government property, diplomatic amunity, and a host of other subjects that have nothing to do with the issue at hand.
I'll let you have the last word, no matter how untruthful it may be.
Oh, that's mighty adult of you, calling me a liar before I even reply. Obvously, you don't know how to admit that you are wrong so, whatever.