the next thing you know, six billion of your people are dead and the rest in galactic diaspora.

I think this is an underdiscussed aspect of the film: just as Sulu slowly became Japanese American rather than random-Asian American, it's very much the case that Jews have tended to portray Vulcans across several decades. And then, um, byeeee! which is weird in light of historical resonances--I mean the cultural importance of maintaining one's own history, perhaps more than from-desert-to-diaspora, since diaspora has been/become one defining aspect of other culture-clusters as well.

I fear I'm making no sense, right after waking up. :( Off to the farmers' market. I hope your headache has subsided!