This scene was literally censored in Europe.

  • Jadzia_Dax [she/her]
    hexagon
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    edit-2
    3 years ago

    :thonk: Quotes Mao directly while claiming to not follow his theory.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I have never subscribed to the theory that says political power flows from the barrel of a gu-

      Captain! Romulans decloaking aft!

      RED ALERT! RAISE SHIELDS AND COME ABOUT ENSIGN, STAND BY WITH PHOTON TORPEDOES!

        • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          I never liked that ending. You have a treaty and a bunch of expert diplomats, and none of the expert diplomats thought to read the treaty until the 11th hour?

            • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              EULAs are bullshit, but that's a different story entirely.

              We're talking about a treaty, and those do get read (international law has a mountain of shortcomings, but that's also a different story). And while it's a super complex treaty in that episode, there are super complex contracts that get read and enforced even today, and we don't have the resources of the Enterprise. Imagine the Ctrl + F power on that sucker.