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   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 27-6-2017 om 21:19 schreef Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:15:28 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >   
   >> starfist@gmail.invalid wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:21:41 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>>> liam@valentijn.nu wrote:   
   >>>>> Op 26-6-2017 om 19:46 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >>>>>> starfist@gmail.invalid wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>> I wonder if the reason women are forbidden to command a starship in   
   >>>>>>> Krik's era has anything to do with the disaster that is brewing for   
   >>>>>>> this series.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Didn't we learn anything from Voyager?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Voyager had issues orbiting issues. The gender of Janeway was not part   
   >>>>> of that. It was the writers. They failed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If memory serves, they made a big deal about having a female captain   
   >>>   
   >>> The PR push was annoying, but they didn't have to upend anything to   
   >>> write the character.  At least the timeline worked. Kirk says that   
   >>> women are forbidden to captain a sharship 10 years after Discover   
   >>> takes place. Not a problem for Voyager.   
   >>   
   >> But that wasn't the point. the point is they made a big deal about finally   
   >> having a female Captain and she was a miserable failure, proving the point   
   of   
   >> them not allowing female captains.   
   >   
   > It was a fun bit of irony. And they made her an Admiral for it.   
   >   
      
   Hmmm.... Remember what Kirk advised Picard? :-)   
      
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