"Christopher M." wrote:

> STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
>
> "Soldiers of the Empire"
> #40510-519
> LESKIT
> (a little drunk)
> "... two years I've spent on the
> Cardassian border. Two years of
> fighting guls and legates and
> glinns. They were cunning
> enemies... always had us chasing
> sensor ghosts and holo-
> projections... everything was a
> game with them... a plan within a
> plan within a plan leading into a
> trap.
> (he fingers his
> necklace)
> It was an honor to kill them.
>
> Ortakin spits on the deck in contempt.
>
> ORTAKIN
> The Cardassians.
>
> Leskit wags a finger at the younger Klingon.
>
> LESKIT
> Ah, but you can respect a
> Cardassian.
> ... because he fights for his
> people... and he follows a
> code... just like we do.
> (beat)
> But not the soldiers of the
> Dominion... not the Jem'Hadar.
> They don't fight for anything...
> they fight because they've been
> designed that way... programmed
> to fight."W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

The Jem Hadar fight by a code too, they fight because "that is the order
of things", the way they were programmed and the way things are.
Klingons fight because they like it, then wrap it up in a code of
honor. I don't have the impression that Klingons are genetically
programmed to be belligerent, they just like to fight, same as humans.

"Livia" <livia@uniserve.com> wrote in message
news:47ED59CB.5BFF02E3@uniserve.com...
> "Christopher M." wrote:
>
>> STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
>>
>> "Soldiers of the Empire"
>> #40510-519
>> LESKIT
>> (a little drunk)
>> "... two years I've spent on the
>> Cardassian border. Two years of
>> fighting guls and legates and
>> glinns. They were cunning
>> enemies... always had us chasing
>> sensor ghosts and holo-
>> projections... everything was a
>> game with them... a plan within a
>> plan within a plan leading into a
>> trap.
>> (he fingers his
>> necklace)
>> It was an honor to kill them.
>>
>> Ortakin spits on the deck in contempt.
>>
>> ORTAKIN
>> The Cardassians.
>>
>> Leskit wags a finger at the younger Klingon.
>>
>> LESKIT
>> Ah, but you can respect a
>> Cardassian.
>> ... because he fights for his
>> people... and he follows a
>> code... just like we do.
>> (beat)
>> But not the soldiers of the
>> Dominion... not the Jem'Hadar.
>> They don't fight for anything...
>> they fight because they've been
>> designed that way... programmed
>> to fight."W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>
> The Jem Hadar fight by a code too, they fight because "that is the order
> of things", the way they were programmed and the way things are.
> Klingons fight because they like it, then wrap it up in a code of
> honor.

I think they both wrap it up in a code of honor.

> I don't have the impression that Klingons are genetically
> programmed to be belligerent, they just like to fight, same as humans.

Quark quote:

"Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, nephew. They're a wonderful,
friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are
working. But take away their creature comforts... deprive them of food,
sleep, sonic showers... put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period
of time... and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people will
become as nasty and violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. "
- Quark
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Siege_of_AR-558_(episode)


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)