How did the commission inform Curzon and Jadzia?
Was the symbiosis commision justified in deceiving their population on joining possibility?
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They didn't. The memories within the Dax symbiote of Joran were suppressed by the Commission.
Probably a combination of 80 years time wearing down and the fact moving Dax back and forth between Jadzia and Verad (barely a year prior) weakening it a bit made the memories start coming back. (Which prompted the whole investigation in "EQUILIBRIUM" to begin with.)
Probably a combination of 80 years time wearing down and the fact moving Dax back and forth between Jadzia and Verad (barely a year prior) weakening it a bit made the memories start coming back. (Which prompted the whole investigation in "EQUILIBRIUM" to begin with.)
Yes, I understand that...my post was in reference to the idea that reassociation was implemented so that a horrible event would be forgotten about, that people could not talk about it to others thereby continuing the knowledge. So my point was that I don't see how that would work when friendships still continued.
the impression i got was that the taboo, and resulting laws, were about symbiotes restarting relationships with other symbiotes. interactions with non-hosts were not a problem, the worry was that two symbiotes would spend multiple lives seeking each other out, instead of experiencing new things.
and to be honest, i feel like the lie about the joining qualifications largely is a smoke screen to help hide the fact that trill society as we see it in the show seems vaguely oligarchic, existing mostly to support the symbiotes. an intellectual oligarchy. the candidate system exists to give the symbiotes the best hosts both mentally and physically.. they just use the claim that only a tiny number can join to avoid having to tell people that they're conducting what amounts to a highly discriminatory vaguely eugenic program for their oligarchs.
Again, my post was in specific refutation of the novelverse notion of reassociation taboos being to erase a cultural memory.
I agree that it was more about two symbiotes getting back together instead of unjoined Trill or other races. (Which would also explain why it didn't seem to be trouble when Worf and Ezri were potentially going to be together on the first part of the final arc.
But I disagree about the requirements being discriminatory in any way. They pick the smartest and best through various merits and degrees and qualifications. I see nothing wrong with choosing based on merit, skill, and accomplishments.
Put it this way: you had to get surgery and only two doctors were available. One was top of their class and have performed dozens of operations already. The other got their medical degree but was in the lower third of their class and has performed only a few operations. Which do you pick?
