BillJ wrote:
CorporalClegg wrote:
BillJ wrote:
The only thing the movie alludes to is that the relocation was being reviewed not halted.
If six hundred people are sitting on a cure for cancer, I'd move them in a heartbeat.
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I find sanctimoniously pointing fingers at Phlox and then turning around and condoning kidnapping to be extremely hypocritical, if not a bit disingenuous. |
Its entirely consistent though. I believe in intervention in both cases. One, that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Two, that the physical evidence that the Valakians need to die for the Menk to evolve simply doesn't exist in the episode itself.
I believe in actually examining the facts of each case and not clouding my reasoning with religious dogma. YMMV. |
I was going to respond, considering my views are the same as
BillJ's on both questions, but then this post put it well, so why bother?
At any rate, it just seems pretty arbitrary to compare those two scenarios since they're nothing alike. One is a "property rights of a few vs. the well-being of many" scenario and the other is a "mad doctor uses pseudoscience to justify letting millions die" scenario.