Who Were The Bajorans?

[c0rnedfr0g]

They were the whiny, crinkle-nosed aliens w/ the big earrings on one side.

 

[kkt]

I always thought that the pilot made the Bajorans out kinda like the Yugoslavians. A group that had been united in their resistance to brutal ologarchian oppression, but degenerated into old nationalist conflicts as soon as they were free. Kira even alludes to this, wishing Opaka would say something to unify them. It’s only Sisko’s discovery of the Celestial Temple that actually does this. That story would have been timely when the show first went on, as Yogoslavia was breaking up into bloddy wars between Serbs, Croats and Bosnians, revisiting the conflicts they had with each other before Communism united the region for 70 years.

Bajor could represent many different occupied cultures. It's a very common pattern for countries that finally achieve their independence or liberation to fall apart into different factions as soon as the occupiers are gone.

 

[Discofan]

I always thought that the pilot made the Bajorans out kinda like the Yugoslavians. A group that had been united in their resistance to brutal ologarchian oppression, but degenerated into old nationalist conflicts as soon as they were free. Kira even alludes to this, wishing Opaka would say something to unify them. It’s only Sisko’s discovery of the Celestial Temple that actually does this. That story would have been timely when the show first went on, as Yogoslavia was breaking up into bloddy wars between Serbs, Croats and Bosnians, revisiting the conflicts they had with each other before Communism united the region for 70 years.

I for one would rather be presented with a Czech than with a Yugoslavian.

 

[Nyotarules]

Bajor could represent many different occupied cultures. It's a very common pattern for countries that finally achieve their independence or liberation to fall apart into different factions as soon as the occupiers are gone.

My enemy's enemy is my temporary friend

 

[Discofan]

My enemy's enemy is my temporary friend

Sounds like something NuKirk would say... Wait, he did say it, didn't he?