Clever story and another great one from Continues.
De Lancie's character Galisti brings up the Prime Directive ... Galisti uses it as a way of challenging Kirk's morals and makes some very solid points. And it's good stuff and definitely reminds me of 20th century Trek where they often presented complex ethical issues as.... complex! Instead of most of NuTrek which preaches like a boring church program.
And here's the thing: I think Galisti was absolutely right, although he had no clue why. When Kirk realized what was really going on here and what it could do to this society if the Enterprise took action, he SHOULD have refused aid. The consequences of giving aid could have been extremely horrific.
Now, that's not a critique against the episode itself because it's emulating the style of TOS and Kirk acts just like Kirk in TOS.
Anyway, this isn't about DACA or the United States, it's about the European migrant crisis of the mid 2010s.
De Lancie's character Galisti brings up the Prime Directive ... Galisti uses it as a way of challenging Kirk's morals and makes some very solid points. And it's good stuff and definitely reminds me of 20th century Trek where they often presented complex ethical issues as.... complex! Instead of most of NuTrek which preaches like a boring church program.
And here's the thing: I think Galisti was absolutely right, although he had no clue why. When Kirk realized what was really going on here and what it could do to this society if the Enterprise took action, he SHOULD have refused aid. The consequences of giving aid could have been extremely horrific.
Now, that's not a critique against the episode itself because it's emulating the style of TOS and Kirk acts just like Kirk in TOS.
Anyway, this isn't about DACA or the United States, it's about the European migrant crisis of the mid 2010s.