On Monday, December 2, 2002 at 5:56:11 PM UTC-8, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 02:46:31 GMT, "A Bag Of Memes" <a@b.c> wrote:
Because it was too politically correct for its own good?
I like political correctness. We used to call it "being polite" when I was >a kid.
No, being polite and being "politically correct" are two very
different things. It is the confusion of the two that is a major
problem with today's society. It is entirely possible to be polite
while not being politically correct (I can wish someone a Merry
Christmas and be completely polite, but unless I also wish someone
Happy Haunakkah, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy whatever else there is out
there, I run the risk of being accused of being politically
incorrect.)
Regardless, I'm not sure "politically correct" is the main issue with
_Force of Nature_. It's more they took an issue (environmentalism)
that is politically correct and proceeded to bludgeon the audience
with it. The episode had no subtlety at all. From the get-go we're
told the crusading scientists think warp speed is damaging space. Lo
and behold, at the end they're right. Contrast that with, say, "Half a
Life", another TNG "issue" episode. But that one went half way through
the episode before the issue (care for the elderly / suicide at Age
60) made itself known.
Why didn't Timicin bring his successor with him to the star test site so that the successor could hit the ground running after he dies?
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