I'm not sure if this belongs here or in General Discussion. Either way it's sad to find out that Spok is gone. Leonard Nimoy was a great actor and I always kind of hoped he'd so up somewhere in Vegas even if I never personally met him it be awesome just to be in the same room as him. I aslo kind of wished that after Weird Al's cameo on MLP:FIM Nimoy would end up on the show at least once. While it was a tittle of a TNG episode it's fitting here "All good things must come to an end". It's just sad when they do.
I have one question. Why does this death get attention while the death of a farmer who worked so that you could have food doesn't?
Because most people tend to mourn the passing of people they had some kind of emotional attachment to. Nobody but the farmer's friends and family will have had a personal attachment to him, ergo his "griever base" is going to be far smaller. Such is life. Also, I'd like to point out that your hypothetical farmer does not do what he does out of some altruistic need to feed people; he does it because he is skilled at it, knows there is a demand for it, and thus can turn a profit on it. He shouldn't expect to be thanked for merely doing his job any more than I should expect to be thanked by our employees for being the one who cuts their weekly paychecks for them.
Does anyone other then Leonard's friends and family have a emotional attachment to him? The answer is no,they may have some emotional attachment to some characters he played, but not to him personally. Maybe so,but the farmer has done more things to me then an actor ever will. I can not live with out food. I can however live without watching Star Treck.
Do friends and family of the deceased have exclusive rights to mourn their death? No. If a person is highly influential to the point of touching many lives, then it's not your place to judge people for mourning their passing, whether or not they knew the deceased personally. I didn't think much of Michael Jackson's music, but I do realize what a profound impact his music had on the lives of millions and millions of fans. Of course more than just Jackson's family felt profoundly sad at the loss, and that's not something I would criticize people for. Nice opinion you have there. If you care to explain as objectively as possible how one farmer can do more for the world than an iconic actor (much less the millions and millions and millions of farmers who have ever existed throughout the history of humanity), it might hold more credence. Till then, an opinion is all it is.
WOW GUYS, AN OLD AND INSPIRATIONAL ICON IS DEAD AND YOU'RE ARGUING ABOUT A HYPOTHETICAL FARMER. Talk about disrespectful. I never watched the old Star Trek episodes that much (just the few my parents really wanted me to see), but I did see his performance as the older Spock in Star Trek: Into Darkness. From what I've read about him, he was a pretty cool guy! From what I've seen, he was a pretty talented actor! Star Trek brought lots of scientific-fiction ideas to light that ended up being made in the long run, which to me is REALLY impressive. Cell phones? Yeah, those didn't exist back then. In Star Trek they did. Rest in peace, Leonard. I should go watch some of his higher acting accomplishments in his memory later tonight.
I have been warned for my behavior. Harassing and pot stirring are not the appreciated mannerisms here on this forum.
Anyway, RIP Leonard Nimoy. For your roles as an Actor, a Director, a Story Writer, and a Poet, your contributions have been wonderful.
I remember watching Star Trek with my brother when we were kids. I went on to be a science fiction writer and he went on to be a physicist. I like to think that we took some early inspiration from Mr. Nimoy's work. We will miss him.
Twilight Sparkle is a lot like Spock. Which goes to show he's not really gone if we remember him. Clearly Lauren Faust did. To address the concern of the hypothetical farmer: True, farmers feed people. We ought to respect that. If it's a question between a country keeping its farmers or keeping its military; keep the farmer. A country that isn't fed can't fight. But if its a question between keeping the farmer and keeping Leonard Nimoy, keep Leonard Nimoy. A country with a full belly but no hope for the future is no country at all. Luckily, we can have both in this country. Just because we're mourning the loss of an inspiration doesn't mean we can't also be thankful for the farmers who keep us fed.
