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Worf's Actions in Birthright

Did Worf Do the Right Thing in Birthright

  • Yes, Klingons Must Be Warriors

    Votes: 2 11.1%
  • No, He Should Have Minded His Own Business

    Votes: 16 88.9%

  • Total voters
    18
This episode partially reminds me of the Paradise episode in DS9 where Sisko and O'Brien rebel against a Luddite colony and then they reveal to the shipwrecked they are there by the design of their leader rather than by an accident of circumstance, something the leader had concealed from them. In a similar way Worf - as Sisko did - believed that it was a moral imperative to confront a system that actually had alot to commend to it but a system that was based partially on a pointed lie.

The difference being that the involuntary Luddites were well aware of the culture they'd been separated from and believed they had no choice in the matter, whereas the Klingon kids were unaware of the reality of the larger Klingon culture.

"Paradise" pisses me off as an episode because it just strikes me as ludicrous that not a single member of the "colony" would want to return to the Federation after finding out they'd been forced into their situation. If the intent was to show the dangers of Jim Jones-type cult personalities, well-played, but I didn't think that was what they were going for.
 
Just noticed a gem of how Worf view Klingons. I'm in middle of watching DS9's Tacking in the Wind. Worf had just killed Gorwon. I noticed he was the only one doing that death howl.
 
Am I the only one who can now see the parallel in this episode with Islamic oppression of women in certain cultures? Would we think it right for someone like Worf to go into one of those societies & try to taint the social structure to fit their ideology? "Take off your Burqa. That's not how women are supposed to live" etc...?
 
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