vote_for_palpatine said:

Petition to Threadmaster in re: retroactive probation for poster "C3PX"

The subject of the thread during the period in question was "William Shatner". Poster "C3PX" responded in post #4 with "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!" - presumably referring to Shatner's line from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Strictly speaking, this line of dialogue was not solely delivered by Shatner. It was given in a similar way by Jason Alexander on Seinfeld (c. 1996-1997) and again by the ensemble cast in the movie Free Enterprise (1999). As multiple performances of this line of dialogue can be confirmed, it was the responsibility of the poster "C3PX" to specify which one he intended, but there was no accompanying detail providing such specificity.

I hereby present this defense to the Threadmaster:

Those other usages, by Jason Alexander and from the movie Free Enterprise, and any number of other forms of media that may have quoted that line, were all referencing Shatner.

For example, if I were to make this quotation:

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

And attribute it to one of my old college professors, you'd likely accuse me of either being ignorant or dishonest, and correct me by saying it is a quotation from Albert Einstein. If I were to say, "No, no, really, my Under Water Basket Weaving 101 professor said that in class one day." Your logical conclusion would be that my professor was quoting Einstein. In the end, no matter how many people repeat that quote, they are still the words of Einstein.