re: Star Trek: TOS Watchers - Season 1 Wrapup *Page 25*

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I thought they were uncharacteristically accepting of a heinous and basically unprovoked attack on the base

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But the Gorn saw the base as an invasion of their territory.. That the Federation was unaware they were invading someone else's planet doesn't mean much to them. I think point was they both would have been better off communicating, but instead jumped to violence. In defense of the Federation, it does look like an unprovoked attack.