Changes: Lee Kuan

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– drom 02:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)– drom 02:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Lee Kuan was a noted Human historical political despot on Earth sometime between the mid-20th and the 23rd century, who ultimately failed at his goals of conquest and absolute power.

Spock put him in one line with Ramses, Julius Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon and Hitler to show that Earth history is full of men seeking absolute power. (TOS: "Patterns of Force")

Fleet Captain Garth of Izar boasted to Captain James T. Kirk that as Master of the Universe, he would go much farther and have more success then other previous despots such as Lee Kuan, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoléon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Krotus. (TOS: "Whom Gods Destroy")

Lee Kuan is obviously a reference to Lee Kuan Yew, who in the 1960s was well-known as the Prime Minister of the newly independent Singapore. Lee established a hybrid form of governance with democratic and authoritarian elements. It is well-known, certainly in California, that Chinese naming practice places the surname before the given name; however the writers may possibly have misdivided this one, taking the surname to be (Lee Kuan) and the last syllable (Yew) to be a given name which could be dropped - as they had just done with Hitler's given name (Adolf) .

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-'''Lee Kuan''' was a noted [[Human]] [[history|historical]] political despot on [[Earth]] sometime between the mid-[[20th century|20th]] and the [[23rd century]], who ultimately failed at his goals of conquest and absolute power.
+– [[User:Andromedan|drom]] 02:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)– [[User:Andromedan|drom]] 02:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)'''Lee Kuan''' was a noted [[Human]] [[history|historical]] political despot on [[Earth]] sometime between the mid-[[20th century|20th]] and the [[23rd century]], who ultimately failed at his goals of conquest and absolute power.
 [[Spock]] put him in one line with [[Ramses]], [[Julius Caesar]], [[Alexander]], [[Napoleon]] and [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] to show that Earth history is full of men seeking absolute power. ({{TOS|Patterns of Force}})
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 [[Fleet Captain]] [[Garth of Izar]] boasted to [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] that as ''Master of the Universe'', he would go much farther and have more success then other previous despots such as Lee Kuan, [[Alexander the Great]], [[Caesar]], [[Napoléon Bonaparte]], [[Adolf Hitler]], and [[Krotus]]. ({{TOS|Whom Gods Destroy}})
-:''Lee Kuan is obviously a reference to world-renowned [[Singapore]]an leader [[Wikipedia:Lee Kuan Yew|Lee Kuan Yew]], who was the country's first Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990, and who established a hybrid form of governance with democratic and authoritarian elements. [[Chinese]] naming practice, unlike Western naming practices, place the surname'' (Lee) ''before the given name'' (Kuan Yew)''. Therefore, it is also possible that the writers mistook "Lee Kuan" to be the given name, and truly intended for '''Lee Kuan''' to mean '''Lee Kuan Yew'''.''
+:''Lee Kuan is obviously a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lee Kuan Yew|Lee Kuan Yew]], who in the 1960s was well-known as the Prime Minister of the newly independent [[Singapore]]. Lee established a hybrid form of governance with democratic and authoritarian elements. It is well-known, certainly in California, that [[Chinese]] naming practice places the surname before the given name; however the writers may possibly have misdivided this one, taking the surname to be '' (Lee Kuan) '' and the last syllable '' (Yew)'' to be a given name which could be dropped - as they had just done with Hitler's given name '' (Adolf) ''.
 [[Category:Humans|Kuan, Lee]]