XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: spam@wonderful.spam   
      
    Throughout the "Trek" universe, we always hear about the "Prime   
   Directive," which prohibits tampering or interference with   
   less-advanced cultures, either accidentally or intentionally. We   
   thought there should be some additions.   
      
      
    The Top 10 Additions to the Prime Directive   
      
      
   10> In situations in which a primitive civilization is in peril from   
   outside forces, the Prime Directive may be replaced by any directive   
   divisible only by itself, 1 and 23.   
      
    9> First contact with any civilization consisting of scantily clad   
   hotties must be left to trained professionals like starship captains   
   and, um, Internet Geeks.   
      
    8> The Macarena, the Hokey Pokey and the Charleston may not be   
   introduced to any primitive culture.   
      
    7> At all costs, stop all universal equivalents of "The Jerry   
   Springer Show."   
      
    6> Corollary 1 to the Prime Directive: ... unless it advances the   
   plot.   
      
   5> If a world is advanced enough to send penis enlargement offers over   
   sub-space, by all means nuke the suckers.   
      
   4> Starfleet Officers must, however, take all actions possible to   
   prevent any world from developing Giant Foam Hand technology.   
      
   3> Interfering with native governments and cultures is OK if you are   
   Captain George Bush.   
      
   2> No Star Fleet personnel may tell the guys in the red shirts what   
   typically happens to them planetside.   
      
    and the Number 1 Addition to the Prime Directive...   
      
   1> "Scotty! Beam me up, I just saved a bunch of money on my starship   
   insurance!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)