Poll Does helping Mirror Universe Terrans violate the Prime Directive?

But isn't achieving warp speed the point at which a species becomes eligible for contact? The episode "First Contact" spells it out. And ENT establishes that lots of Starfleet rules are adapted from Vulcan ones.

 

First Contact (the movie) even specifies it's because the Vulcans detected a warp signature coming from Earth that made them decide to check the planet out.

 

And vulcans were interested as far back as 1957 in any case

I suspect the real reason was that, with warp engines, it's entirely possible that human beings would be hopping off to Andoria in a few years

 

The Vulcans DO have their own version of the Prime Directive, I think...T'Pol mentioned something about it once.

 

(... I'll look at all of the other responses later...)

Yup, it does... and it is also unethical, since the Terran Empire is an evil force, according to our values... !!!

 

By the time of DS9's mirror universe arc, the Empire was long dead. I'm sure none of those Terrans were alive when the Empire was in control, and so they shouldn't be blamed for the actions of their ancestors.

Would you blame citizens of contemporary Germany for the actions of the Nazi regime? Do you believe that present day Russians are to blame for the crimes of the Soviet Union during the Cold War? Are all Muslims responsible for the atrocities committed by Daesh?

No? Then you can't blame 24th-century Terrans because of the Empire. No one should ever be held responsible for their forebears' crimes, no matter how serious those crimes might be.

And I should point out that O'Brien was not the only honorable Terran we met. Even mirror Sisko came around, in the end.

Remember what I said (in another thread) about GUILT vs. RESPONSIBILITY. Those are not even close to the same thing. Terrans of the 24th century are not guilty of the crimes committed by their ancestors, but they do have the responsibility of acknowledging that those crimes did take place and making sure it never happens again.

Spoiler: novelverse

Indeed, that was part of MU Spock's plan all along. The fall of the Terran Empire, followed by the rise (and also eventual fall) of the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance - that was all part of his grand design. Spock wanted Terrans to know what it was like to be oppressed, so they would be inspired to create a better world.

 

^ That still doesn't mean Terrans don't deserve help now.