This thread reeks of leftist handwringing. As Ed Norton would say: "Shuh-eeeeeeeeeeeeesh!"
George W. Bush's "The Expanse"
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This thread reeks of leftist handwringing. As Ed Norton would say: "Shuh-eeeeeeeeeeeeesh!"
Posted by Miss Thang:
And let me just add gratuitously that James T. Kirk definitely was not the stereotypical Iowan.
And I'd like to gratuitously add that I live about 40 miles southwest of his birthplace.
I thought she was from Brazil. Or is that just where she was teaching at the beginning of Broken Bow?
I was going to post more about characters' places of origin and how they help or detract from their characterization, but I'm thinking that's grounds for another thread...
*goes off to start another thread*
Great post.
Sci-Fi has always been about controversial topics, and pointing out problems to society. I think this is a great example.
I'm hoping in the end, they find out the Xindi are not so bad. Afterall, they were only ... in a sense ... defending themselves against a future attack. Just like the U.S. claimed to do when we went to Iraq. Oh -- then it turned out to be about oil and that we didn't like Saddam.
I'm also hoping they paint a negative picture of the Ashcrofts of the world, and point out racism we've developed because of 9/11. The U.S. seems prejudiced against Middle Easterners, even those who were born and raised in the U.S. How sad.
Sci-Fi has always been about controversial topics, and pointing out problems to society. I think this is a great example.
I'm hoping in the end, they find out the Xindi are not so bad. Afterall, they were only ... in a sense ... defending themselves against a future attack. Just like the U.S. claimed to do when we went to Iraq. Oh -- then it turned out to be about oil and that we didn't like Saddam.
I'm also hoping they paint a negative picture of the Ashcrofts of the world, and point out racism we've developed because of 9/11. The U.S. seems prejudiced against Middle Easterners, even those who were born and raised in the U.S. How sad.
Posted by cooleddie74:
This thread reeks of leftist handwringing. As Ed Norton would say: "Shuh-eeeeeeeeeeeeesh!"
Better that than rightist neckwringing by leftists who then wring their hands about how un-leftist they just were.
tafkats, I was under the impression that she was teaching in Brazil. People have said here that they read elsewhere (AH! It's canon, haha!) that she's from Japan.
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Sadly...true at times.
Sadly...true at times.
Posted by StevenMullen:
If Enterprise supports the idea that a preemptive strike to protect Earth is ok and/or the show goes along the Bush administration ideas, i'll quit this series instantly, no matter how good production or stories or anything gets.
If it happens it'll be one of the saddest days in my life, since i've loved Star Trek for it's messages (beside of the fun of course)since i can remember.
i can't beleive this
So why are Roddenberry's anti-religion views a perfectly acceptable agenda for Star Trek to push?
And for Anonymous above, being Anonymous pretty much sums you and your opinion up, doesn't it?
I think we can see now that the moral and political approach of the season has been somewhat more...ambiguous than endorsing Bushism.
Posted by Aragorn:
Posted by StevenMullen:
If Enterprise supports the idea that a preemptive strike to protect Earth is ok and/or the show goes along the Bush administration ideas, i'll quit this series instantly, no matter how good production or stories or anything gets.
If it happens it'll be one of the saddest days in my life, since i've loved Star Trek for it's messages (beside of the fun of course)since i can remember.
i can't beleive this
So why are Roddenberry's anti-religion views a perfectly acceptable agenda for Star Trek to push?
And for Anonymous above, being Anonymous pretty much sums you and your opinion up, doesn't it?
Why are you bumping a year old thread when we have plenty of new threads kicking around?
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