Would they do that? We've never heard of such a thing, or seen it happen. A holodeck with safeties on might stop a holographic Attila the Hun from decapitating O'Brien or skewering Bashir, but would it really stop O'Brien from accidentally decapitating Bashir with a careless swing of that prop axe the Chief brought in for the play? Much less a pissed-off O'Brien murdering Bashir in cold blood after stumbling upon a surveillance tape of the Doctor and Keiko having a medical moment?
Self-harming is still allowed with safeties on, supposedly, as we see O'Brien and others hurt themselves in sports with nary a mention of safeties being off.
Were the safeties really off in "Our Man Bashir", like Garak speculates? Or can real users like Bashir and Garak hurt each other if they wish, with the lines of "real" being blurred with Falcon/O'Brien in this special case? It would be odd for Bashir to be able to tell that safeties are down simply because he's bleeding after a holo-action, when O'Brien can dislocate his shoulder when holo-kayaking easily enough.
Timo Saloniemi
