Humans can turn nearly anything into a weapon, no argument; even a bicycle has offensive capability. I don’t think it’s being pedantic to claim that the intent being the design is significant in this case.
I read somewhere (Memory Alpha?) that the Defiant was Starfleet’s first pure-play warship, the first starship that whose primary purpose was as an offensive attack craft. Whether or not that’s true, the TARDIS’ offensive capabilities are clearly just side-effects, like the ability to use a wrench as a club. A wrench makes a good club, but that’s not what it was designed or intended for.
Humans can turn nearly anything into a weapon, no argument; even a bicycle has offensive capability. I don’t think it’s being pedantic to claim that the intent being the design is significant in this case.
I read somewhere (Memory Alpha?) that the Defiant was Starfleet’s first pure-play warship, the first starship that whose primary purpose was as an offensive attack craft. Whether or not that’s true, the TARDIS’ offensive capabilities are clearly just side-effects, like the ability to use a wrench as a club. A wrench makes a good club, but that’s not what it was designed or intended for.
True, but you also remember why blue whales don’t have teeth or defensive capabilities
their sheer size means they don’t need them