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Remember was a great Liberal vs Conservative morality play

John Vasiliou

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I'm not saying it will get as extreme as seen in this episode ,but it shows a divided society politically...as today.

I can see the left wing ,and the right wing in it.
 
What? What does that even mean? I saw it as an allegory about the Holocaust, or other attempts at ethnic cleansing and also about suppressing history and the need to make sure that the lessons of these tragedies are not forgotten. I've never seen it as a commentary on contemporary political debates.
 
What? What does that even mean? I saw it as an allegory about the Holocaust, or other attempts at ethnic cleansing and also about suppressing history and the need to make sure that the lessons of these tragedies are not forgotten. I've never seen it as a commentary on contemporary political debates.

This.
 
I'm sorry, but I don't see how it could have been any more blatant as a Holocaust allegory. I'm not getting the left/right thing.
 
This episode was so interesting and disturbing. I think it is really in the Star Trek tradition of addressing issues from a slant. Great episode.
 
Yeah, I know. OUCH!!;)


...but they put an entire race to death at the end of her "dream".

How did you interpret that as just a left wing/right wing thing?

Well I see the left as looking for constant change.

That can be good ,and that can be bad depending on what it is. (as one side seemed to be)

The right on the other hand seems to be more like hey...lets not change for the sake of change.

Some of the old ways still work...maybe they were there for a reason.

I'm not saying all Liberals are like this but there seems to be this need to tell you how to live your life ,and what you should believe.

I'd like to think I'm somewhere in the middle :)
 
Yeah, I know. OUCH!!;)


...but they put an entire race to death at the end of her "dream".

How did you interpret that as just a left wing/right wing thing?

Well I see the left as looking for constant change.

That can be good ,and that can be bad depending on what it is. (as one side seemed to be)

The right on the other hand seems to be more like hey...lets not change for the sake of change.

Some of the old ways still work...maybe they were there for a reason.

I'm not saying all Liberals are like this but there seems to be this need to tell you how to live your life ,and what you should believe.

I'd like to think I'm somewhere in the middle :)
Sorry but I think you might need to study a little more about politics, you're getting Liberals confused with Conservatives with your example of telling someone how to live their lives.
 
Apologies for bringing up an old thread, but I've been rewatching Voyager this week (On a little bit of a Voyager High so I continued where I left off months ago at the end of Season 2) and got to this episode. I'm not sure if it's the same or not, but I saw this episode not just an allegory to the Holocaust, but just overall propaganda as well.

I think this episode is more powerful with each viewing. When we find out what happened and the Anger that B'ellana shows is just one of the more powerful moments in Voyager and it was very good.
 
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Apologies for bringing up an old thread, but I've been rewatching Voyager this week (On a little bit of a Voyager High so I continued where I left off months ago at the end of Season 2) and got to this episode. I'm not sure if it's the same or not, but I saw this episode not just an allegory to the Holocaust, but just overall propaganda as well.

I think this episode is more powerful with each viewing. When we find out what happened and the Anger that B'ellana shows is just one of the more powerful moments in Voyager and it was very good.
Yes, Roxanne Dawson is very underrated and shamefully overlooked as an actress. It's unfortunate.:(
 
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