Great example of false premises/loose consequents
So the real cause is not the game, but the partying that goes on afterwards leading to excess drinking and an even greater excess in bad judgment.
If you are a woman in college, what this really should tell you is not to get drunk or hang out with men who do because it significantly increases your chance of assault.
If you are a woman in college, what this really should tell you is not to get drunk or hang out with men who do because it significantly increases your chance of assault.
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I found the Ferengi to be vastly overplayed in ST:TNG. The first encounter had them complaining that Yar was wearing clothing and had these ridiculous energy whips. Then you had the one who had a vendetta against Picard.
I much preferred Quark in ST:DS9. You saw the business side and the avarice, but you could also see where he recognized his own welfare was dependent on others - especially his host! One thing I did appreciate was how they weren't nuanced at all. The Ferengi were as straightforward as any Vulcan - just based on a different ultimate goal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYW_l...
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 also felt that some of its criminals, once redeemed, would have made great cops. How about giving Harry Mudd the job of capturing Q?
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.
That was Deep Space Nine, which was a much better series IMHO than Voyager.
Being an old codger, I always have the excuse that my brain is shrinking and causing memory problems Deep Space Nine it is.
This is NOT Rocket Surgery, kids...
Jan
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.
Don't you love random statistics that are mostly coincidence that have no causality apparent?
Now I laugh at both of them, but I certainly don't look to the publisher for any wisdom. Whatever.
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
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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).
I had an colonel just tell us at an emergency communications meeting that the best intelligence source is the Mark I Eyeball and that when you get the feeling that something isn't right, you should pay attention. He called it situational awareness and drilled into us the need for constant situational awareness.
Just An Opinion