ST:TNG S3e12 whoooooooooo is this episode fucking relevant today
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ST:TNG S3e12 whoooooooooo is this episode fucking relevant today
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everyone remembers it for the "Irish Reunification" bit but there's a lot more than that. "Is that boy a terrorist?" "He could be."
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"The difference between generals and terrorists is winners and losers"
"I'm willing to die for my freedom, doctor, and in the finest tradition of your own great civilization, I'm willing to kill for it, too"
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"It appears that terrorism is an effective way to promote political change"
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"Is it possible to say that terrorism *is* acceptable, when all options for peaceful settlement have been closed?"
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"I had a son, too. He was 13 when he died in detention"
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Worf is now engaged in a covert special op while wearing a bright yellow shirt
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This episode doesn’t resolve. It’s a missed opportunity but still remarkably brave to have discussed the ethics of terrorism on primetime broadcast tv