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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • 6 dead, shooter dead, 25 injured in Tumbler Ridge B.C. school shooting

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  • Up to 10 dead, including the suspect, now.

  • Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?

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  • I don’t think it’s unreasonable to hold onto a belief that things will not always just continue to be shitty forever.

    Neither does Star Trek. But neither the franchise nor I are so naive that we think that there's a "mission accomplished" state in which bad things don't happen any more.

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  • Personally, I think the message of "things could be fine without struggle or setbacks" would go up like a lead balloon in the year 2026 (or really, any year since at least 2014, probably much earlier). I don't see anything inspirational or hopeful when it seems like pure fantasy.

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  • yeah but thats different

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  • The title is "Come, Let's Away", presumably from King Lear Act V, Scene III.

    No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison:

    We two alone will sing like birds i' the cage:

    When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,

    And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live,

    And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh

    At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues

    Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,

    Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out;

    And take upon's the mystery of things,

    As if we were God's spies: and we'll wear out,

    In a wall'd prison, packs and sects of great ones,

    That ebb and flow by the moon.

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  • So you're just advocating for a different system of policing, which does not at all contradict what I originally said. Cool.

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  • During the cadets’ first training mission on an abandoned ship, they encounter a dangerous new enemy. As our cadets fight for survival, Nahla must risk everything to save them by seeking help from an unexpected, untrustworthy, source.

    I was just thinking that it's about time we returned to the Nus Braka plot, so we'll see if he's the "unexpected, untrustworthy, source."

    It looks like we might get to see more of the War College kids, which I think is a good thing.

    Any thoughts about the abandoned ship that they're visiting?

  • How I imagine those crying "i tHouGHT StAr Trek WAs suPPosEd tO bE a UtOPia"

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  • The best nostalgia is nostalgia for something that never existed in the first place.

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  • or put him next to Tom Paris or Kassidy Yates in a Penal Colony with an ankle monitor.

    Unfortunately, Earth was still independent at that time, so New Zealand is out of the question.

    Bring us...Space New Zealand!

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  • Yeah, someone summed it up very well elsewhere in the thread: "utopia" describes an ideal to strive toward, but is inherently unachievable, if only because you will never find two people who have the same utopic vision.

    Unless "utopia" includes some sort of system for forcing everyone to think alike... 🤔

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  • If you can offer a compelling argument about how those other 98% were more fair and just, and can outline exactly what that better system was, I'm all ears.

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  • It's an interesting idea, but it also tiptoes right up to the line of "neighbours spying on each other on behalf of the state" - not great!

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  • There's a difference between a trial and a sentencing.

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  • I certainly am not a fan of policework as it is currently, commonly conducted, but I have a hard time imagining a society that has laws, but doesn't have a dedicated system to uphold those laws that involves some kind of police.

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  • I think it's extremely disingenuous to equate "bad things happening sometimes" with "dystopia."

    The point of everything you mentioned (except for the police in '09, which you don't actually seem to have an issue with aside from the fact that they exist?) is that these things can be overcome, which is precisely the opposite of a dystopian setting.

  • What's your preferred version to watch Deep Space Nine? Is AI upscale worth it?

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  • Yeah, personally I prefer the best available version of the original footage.

  • Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

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  • Great. Read the interview, and if there's any aspect of it you feel you need to add thoughts to, go ahead and do it. And if you don't have anything to add, (a) that doesn't mean it's not worth sharing, and (b) you can just bypass the thread entirely.

    It's not on OPs to tell people what aspects of an article to talk about, and in many cases, I would argue that it's not appropriate to try.

    I don’t appreciate it anymore than a friend shoving a magazine in my face

    You can't possibly think that someone posting something online is analogous to approaching you and shoving something in your face. Please tell me you can tell the difference.

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  • The "context" is in the headline. That tells you all that you should need to know to determine whether you want to read the article.

    The fact that you seem to want someone to do that work for you and tell you what to think (divorcing whatever gets highlighted from its full context in the interview in the process) is frankly disappointing.

    Getting mad at link aggregation software for aggregating links is a real choice.

  • Ep 362: Slap a Mustache on Me (SFA S1E5 w/Tawny Newsome)

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  • Really good interview, I'm glad she's doing so much press in support of the episode.

    It's kind of nuts that this is her first episodic TV credit - she's been very open about how that process works, both here and elsewhere (her interview with Cirroc on The 7th Rule is good, too).

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    Returning CEO of Cryptic Studios Talks Future of Star Trek Online!

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    Interview: Oded Fehr On Vance Being “Tough” (But Not A Star Trek “Badmiral”) On ‘Starfleet Academy’

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    Preview Episode 4 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 12 New Images From “Vox in Excelso”

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    Canada has no intent of pursuing free trade deal with China, says PM after Trump threat

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    Manitoba launching review into government's COVID-19 response, but focus will be limited

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    New Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Tie-In Comic Series Announced for April

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    January Star Trek Merch Roundup: Factory Entertainment’s Klingon Communicator Prop Replica, Funko POPs, Books, and More!

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    PC Patch Notes for 1/22/25

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    ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Coming To SkyShowtime In Europe In February

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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    Kings & Queens: Victory is Strife

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    Manitoba returns to the private agencies it dropped as it struggles to fill nursing shifts

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    Manitoba premier touts Churchill as Canada's 'only hope' should Trump move to acquire Greenland

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