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Originally Posted by Mustang
James Tiberious Kirk,
although thought to have been womanizing and impulsive. James Kirk had to be the closest character in all the series to actually displaying Humanity. (I'm not talking about shatner, as most his cast would say he was quite difficult to work with.) But Jim kirk set the standard for Star Trek and the Federation Directives, though he occasionally bent them at times. His actions led to a greater good, the ends do not always justify the means. However his means usually came to a positive outcome. While many think he was womanizer, the truth is he was appreciator of women. Jim kirk did something no other Captain in Starfleet had. He looked for the similarities in all species, he looked for humanity in all things and tried to make an amicable relationship based on those similarities. Impulsive yes, he always leaped before he looked.
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I got to disagree with your assumption that he always looked for the "Humanity" in other species. He wanted to take revenge on all Klingons for killing his son. Same thing with that Cloud Creature in "Obsession". You said he was an ‘appreciator of women’ would you care to back that up with some examples? This guy left a trail of bastard children across the galaxy! Ok he had only two (that I can remember) David Marcus and Miramanee’s Child who was killed when she was stoned to death.
I guess I’m being hypocritical since I think Captain Rudy (Rudolf?) Ransom (of the USS
Equinox from ST: Voyager episodes of the same name) was a good commander even though he committed mass murder to insure the survival of his crew.