>Culture also has an important role to play. The Chinese were not looking for new lands or have any interest in converting people to their religion. Bingo. Gen

>Culture also has an important role to play. The Chinese were not looking for new lands or have any interest in converting people to their religion. Bingo. Gene Roddenberry's genius is replacing the classical humans' violence fueled drivers of "new lands or ... interest in converting people to their religion" with "to explore new worlds, to seek out a new life, and new civilizations" :) I hope that he will eventually be proven right.