I could agree -- up until the "happy ending."

I stopped respecting Bloomberg some years ago after reading a few too many articles that drew really crappy conclusions from illogical data analysis.... also around the same time I realized that Bloomberg, himself, as Mayor of NYC, deserved (earned) virtually no respect from me for his ultra-lib Control-Freak attitude.
Now I laugh at both of them, but I certainly don't look to the publisher for any wisdom. Whatever.

Ok, codger... I took a 'nude massage class' up in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Los Gatos some MANY decades ago and discovered one important thing: Wine (for me, at least) is a better anesthetic in those situations than a turn-on. One lesson worth learning for me. Cheers!

My first reaction was that if parents didn't warn their kids about exactly that, it should be part of freshman orientation for the chronically stupid or naive. Or make a can of Mace part of the Welcome Baggie at Orientation...

This is NOT Rocket Surgery, kids...

"I thought Roddenberry's original vision of it as a Western should have been followed farther than it was."
In some interviews he acted like he had to sell it as a Western b/c that's what the suits were buying at that time, but I agree the Western elements made the franchise what it is.

ST was much too UN-like from its beginning. I thought Roddenberry's original vision of it as a Western should have been followed farther than it was.

I also felt that some of its criminals, once redeemed, would have made great cops. How about giving Harry Mudd the job of capturing Q?

You are right!
Being an old codger, I always have the excuse that my brain is shrinking and causing memory problems Deep Space Nine it is.

We have to teach girls to respect themselves in order to have self-respecting women. And as to excess well, we must adress these matters truthfully for we live in a society where all kinds of drugs are up for grabs, the most illegal the fastest to attain. Again, education is key. Sexual education, Emotional Education, etc. If this cannot be achieved in the household, maybe it´s time we adjusted Public and Federal Education and Laws to Help Protect Our Future Citizens. Not only teach them how to drive, which is great too. Applied sciences, especially those that many of despise such as sociology, psychology, etc. must be rendered in the program from an early age.

Just An Opinion

Good, Mamaemma.

Jan

if more men had a sense of respect for the women
in their lives, this would not be the problem it is.
the way I was raised, women were considered special
and worthy of honor. . where have we gone? -- j
.

It may be the game and not the partying. Studies have shone that testosterone increases in sports fans whose team has won and decreases in those whose team has lost.

I agree with all of this. In my concealed carry class, they told us if there's a place or situation where you feel it's likely you might have to use a gun, consider not going at all.

"I did enjoy the Ferengi bartender in the spin-off "Voyager." He was played by Armin Shimmerman"
That was Deep Space Nine, which was a much better series IMHO than Voyager.

I enjoy a glass of wine especially with dinner. Hard liquor if you can call it that is a shot of single malt Scotch. I never developed a taste for beer, except on very hot days. However, It is all forbidden as the serpent's favorite tree in Eden.

Lol.

They wanted to rebuild the series using a kinder, gentler Federation which showed growth and maturity, preferring dialogue to conflict (see all the mediation-based episodes and over-emphasis on the Prime Directive. I think they were trying to paint themselves as the UN. [/sarcasm]

With the Klingons, they wanted to show how they could reconcile with a warlike group. The thing most forget was that if it weren't for their own self-destruction of a primary planet, they wouldn't have been forced into dealing with the Federation on a non-war footing.

With the Romulan they wanted to show a Cold War type of scenario, and I think they accomplished that pretty accurately.

Until DS9, the Cardassians were more like the Chinese: they harbored aspirations of expansion and empire-building, but were stymied by a more advanced and economically-powerful adversary in the Federation. So they play the time game and pick at the edges, engaging in subterfuge and espionage while playing nice.

One of the things that came out in the Dominion War was that sometimes, there is no way to settle disagreements. It's a matter of who has the biggest guns. The Dominion also represented a lot of unconventional warfare: the federation and its traditional allies were used to "battleship"-style tactics and confrontations. The Dominion introduced carriers and fighters similar to the differences between naval warfare changes between WWI and WWII.

I think that they did characterize one thing correctly about the Federation, however: their complacency and slowness to respond until an overwhelming threat emerged (like the Borg). Then they panic and throw massive amounts of resources at the problem (Wolf 359) only to lose terribly. Only ingenuity in the end saved the day.

I do not condone assault against women, but,as a
practical matter, it is better not to give possible as-
sailants any advantage. I realized long ago that it
is better not to get into a car with a man you don't
know, (unless it's a cab driver driving his cab), and I don't mean just if you know his name, or
have known him a few weeks. I mean you should know him well enough to know he is "safe". And, of course, you should not get drunk
(which a teetotaler does not have to worry much
about). And it's also better not to be alone with
a man, without any other people nearby. And, if
you follow certain conduct rules I can tell you,
you can live a long time without being assaulted,
or at least, even an assault may not be suc-
cessful, and you can get out of it. In fact, with
real success, you can still be an old maid at
64. (However, success in certain other areas
I cannot tell you how to achieve).

For me, the mellow part comes with a single glass of wine. Hard liquor just makes me sleepy or crazy- neither is a good thing.

All I can say is I never liked spectator sports, so I was never exposed to tipsy women trying to rape me. However, now I understand the chances are higher if I “hang out” with mutton-heads who love watching concussion causing sports, my chances will improve. I can’t wait for Super Bowl to see if I get lucky.

Thanks.
Because of the meds I take, I am forbidden to imbibe. I cheat now and then because there are times when I'd rather be mellow.

When my daughter started college, I told her if you and a guy get drunk and you go to his room, don't be surprised if he expects sex. I don't understand why the politically correct say otherwise. I told her she had to take responsibility for her "self" and be rational in her behavior.

I have read that the ST people found his wife impossible to deal with.

"I like the mellow." Good description