This is really, really serious“Even with the rationale he provided, the meaning is the exact same regardless of what race — human or alien — it applies to. Hocken, he said, “wants the plate off the road immediately.”When Burns called Troller to retrieve the plate, Troller hung up on him, the emails say. “I was very comfortable going ahead and filing the complaint.”Once the media learned of MPI’s demand to return the plate, the MPI emails went into overdrive. Later that day, Troller seemed to accept he had lost the plate and requested a replacement with a different Star Trek reference. The department said he could have it for free — as long as the ASIMIL8 plate was returned and the new plate approved by MPI.

Source: National Post January 04, 2019 23:15 UTC