Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
The Bonding (1989)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
Quotes
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Lt. Commander Data : Since her death, I have been asked several times to define how well I knew Lieutenant Aster. And I heard you ask Wesley on the bridge how well he knew Jeremy. Does the question of familiarity have some bearing on death?
Commander William T. Riker : Do you remember how we all felt when Tasha died?
Lt. Commander Data : I do not sense the same feelings of absence that I associate with Lieutenant Yar. Although I cannot say precisely why.
Commander William T. Riker : Just human nature, Data.
Lt. Commander Data : Human nature, sir?
Commander William T. Riker : We feel a loss more intensely when it's a friend.
Lt. Commander Data : Hm... But should not the feelings run just as deep, regardless of who has died?
Commander William T. Riker : Maybe they should, Data. Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly as we felt the death of one close to us - human history would be a lot less bloody.