Comment by 🛞 MaAkThRsYoOySrHtKaAm
Re: "[DS9] Past Tense: Thoughts"
Sisko's predecessor touched on this issue in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 3, Episode 12 The High Ground.
Lt. Commander Data: But if that is so, Captain, why are their methods so often successful? I've been reviewing the history of armed rebellion, and it appears that terrorism is an effective way to promote political change.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, it can be. But I have never subscribed to the theory that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.
Lt. Commander Data: Yet there are numerous examples when it was successful: the independence of the Mexican state from Spain, the Irish Unification of 2024, and the Kenzie Rebellion.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, I am aware of them.
Lt. Commander Data: Then would it be accurate to say that terrorism is acceptable, when all options for peaceful settlement have been foreclosed?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data, these are questions that mankind has been struggling with throughout history. Your confusion is... only Human.
Feb 09 · 3 months ago
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[DS9] Past Tense: Thoughts — Today I finished the second part of Past Tense, which I think most would agree is one of the better sets of episodes of DS9. One thing that stuck out to me is how Sisko & Julian start participating in what is essentailly terrorism. I find this worth remarking on because I doubt it would have flown after 9/11. Though to my knowledge the show doesn't make this explicit, it's an interesting rhyme with how the Maquis are portrayed. Though, come to think of it, Keera...