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"  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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