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Just get a bigger fence
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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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Wil's got a point, guys.
Also, yes get a bigger fence, but also fuck the Prime Directive whenever you feel like it, apparently.
Its definitely a case of "um, yeah, your application to ever join the Federation has been denied, pending you not having incredibly stupid laws".
Which is a real thing in canon. Bajor's application was put in jeopardy when they briefly reinstated a caste system, which violated Federation equality rules.
I'm surprised them being a theocracy didn't disqualify them.
A theocracy with gods, who in fact exist. I guess that made the difference?
Moved it from theocracy to fandom
They're actually a republic. The Vedek Assembly has a lot of influence, but they're fully separate from the Provisional Government. And they only have that much influence because the vast majority of the population follows the Bajoran faith. Think of the Assembly like the Vatican - powerful when everyone cares (Pope during the Middle Ages), but virtually powerless when nobody does (Pope now).
Yeah, you could just remove that part. There's no sense on holding the non-intervention principle so high that you comply with every crazy request from the natives.
Not complying with requests is not the same as imposing your morality. Nopping out of the contact with some population because they believe your people must be killed won't destroy their culture.
But then, yeah, the show would have to contain hard decisions, and would be completely different from Star Trek (at least the newer ones).
You should watch The Orville, it’s like Star Trek with the training wheels taken off.
To be fair, I would probably hate a series like Star Trek but with the hard decisions. (I don't like TOS and it's only minimally less utopian.)
But I'm looking into this one. I have the impression it's a comedy?
It has comedic elements, but I wouldn’t call it a comedy. It’s hard for me to describe honestly. Perhaps an homage to trek? A lot of trek fans enjoyed it, some going to far as to say it was “more trek” than discovery.
They also have a lot of trek cast members make guest appearances, which is always a treat.
Yeah but the principle of it is to let them evolve on their own, when you're already on their planet and they try to kill one of you then it's different rules.
If it wasn't then the romulans could just announce their new law makes being human illegal and Starfleet would just have to power down their shields and let them kill us all.
No you've just got it compartmentalized in your head into happy little feel good boxes because you don't want to think about the actual complexity of reality (well fictional reality)
It's insane not because it's a bad comparison but because it makes clear the insanity in your worldview (or galactic view I guess)
They let Tasha Yar duel to the death because some dude had the hots for her.
They weren't a pre-warp culture, the Prime Directive doesn't apply.
Part of it states that while visiting other planets, following their rules since they’re host.
Hey! You don't fuck the prime directive. The prime directive fucks you.