I mean technically yea in Dear Doctor there had been no prime directive, but at the end they call for one. Phlox's reasoning is what the prime directive would essentially become. He did not want to interfere with their evolution because maybe the lesser species would evolve to replace them. So instead they gave them a some medicine that relieved some symptoms and fucked off.
My issue is that they could have helped to relieve suffering if they wanted to but chose not to because of some nebulous potential evolution. The prime directive is used as a shield when the feds don't want to deal with something, but when it is beneficial to the plot/Starfleet they are all too willing to break it for one reason or another.
That is not fair. The issue is that the plot forces you to pit one race over another is bs. Probably should have worded it better but I still think withholding the cure from a species ending plauge is fucked up.
Yea fuck an entire civilization and sentence them to death cause some vague form of eugenics without even trying to broker some kind of deal or demand for better treatment ment of the Menk.
It's like if we all lived in Children of Men world and an alien race could cure us but oo sorry, some of you treat dogs badly and they are the genetic future of this world cause we say so. Here is some aspirin tho byyeeee.
lol the episode does not even come close to equating them to the nazis, come on. You are the one advocating the death of an entire civ of people. I am going to cease responding now btw, I have to log off. Prime directive bad, Season 1 of Enterprise bad tho.
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I mean technically yea in Dear Doctor there had been no prime directive, but at the end they call for one. Phlox's reasoning is what the prime directive would essentially become. He did not want to interfere with their evolution because maybe the lesser species would evolve to replace them. So instead they gave them a some medicine that relieved some symptoms and fucked off.
My issue is that they could have helped to relieve suffering if they wanted to but chose not to because of some nebulous potential evolution. The prime directive is used as a shield when the feds don't want to deal with something, but when it is beneficial to the plot/Starfleet they are all too willing to break it for one reason or another.
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Yea it really is a terrible episode.
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That is not fair. The issue is that the plot forces you to pit one race over another is bs. Probably should have worded it better but I still think withholding the cure from a species ending plauge is fucked up.
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Yea fuck an entire civilization and sentence them to death cause some vague form of eugenics without even trying to broker some kind of deal or demand for better treatment ment of the Menk.
It's like if we all lived in Children of Men world and an alien race could cure us but oo sorry, some of you treat dogs badly and they are the genetic future of this world cause we say so. Here is some aspirin tho byyeeee.
Terrible episode and terrible ideas behind it.
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lol the episode does not even come close to equating them to the nazis, come on. You are the one advocating the death of an entire civ of people. I am going to cease responding now btw, I have to log off. Prime directive bad, Season 1 of Enterprise bad tho.
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