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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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Worf talks about this in TNG as well. Being a Klingon isn't just about violence. Anything can be a battle if you view it as an internal struggle. Worf described to some other Klingons how he viewed just being the only Klingon in Starfleet as an inherent struggle, and that by being a good representative of the Klingon people in his role, he was being honourable.
Also, in DS9, he asked (kinda) Klingons to join him in battle. They got there in time to help the harvest, and when challenged he said that time was their enemy.
Yeah, it's more like the traditional view of Islamic jihad, as I understand (note: I am not Muslim, and may have this entirely wrong, please feel free to correct me). It CAN denote war, but it can also denote the struggle of being a good student, or a good father, or struggling against the very forces of nature to bring in a good crop.
Thus, any hard-fought struggle, to a Klingon, can bring glory, though different kinds of glory. DS9 points this out with Garak's claustrophobia in "By Inferno's Light", with Martok stating "there is no greater enemy than one's own fears".
Too bad about Alexander tho.
Not a worthy battle, that stupid brat.