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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9565456" data-attributes="member: 4534">In the original series, we were presented with a version of humanity that was better than we were in 1967.&nbsp; The foremost expert on computers in the Federation was a black dude, in &quot;Court Martial,&quot; we see a black officer, Commodore Stone, who is a higher rank than Kirk, and then of course we have Lt. Uhura serving on the bridge.&nbsp; This doesn't seem like a big deal today, but back when I, Spy started airing in 1965, Southern television stations refused to broadcast it because it had a black and white protagonist who treated one another as equals.&nbsp; When Seasame Street debuted in 1969, the last season of TOS, Mississippi refused to show it because it depicted people of different races all treating each other equally.&nbsp; But humans weren't perfect.&nbsp; In &quot;The Arena,&quot; Kirk intends to kill the captain of the Gorn vessel, until he learns the Gorn attacked because Federation outposts were encroaching on their territory.&nbsp; In &quot;Balance of Terror,&quot; we see some anti-Vulcan bigotry from Lt. Stiles and Kirk tells him to keep that baloney off his bridge.&nbsp; So even in the future, humans aren't perfect, they're just in a better place than we were and they're still striving to do better.&nbsp; I don't mind a little cynicism, but presenting Section 31 as a necessary component of &quot;paradise&quot; just means your system is a facade.&nbsp; It's a lie.&nbsp; I liked DS9, episodes were Sisko wrestled with right and wrong made for good drama, and it didn't go too far from what Trek was meant to be.&nbsp; I wish they had never introduced Section 31.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9565456, member: 4534"] In the original series, we were presented with a version of humanity that was better than we were in 1967. The foremost expert on computers in the Federation was a black dude, in "Court Martial," we see a black officer, Commodore Stone, who is a higher rank than Kirk, and then of course we have Lt. Uhura serving on the bridge. This doesn't seem like a big deal today, but back when [I]I, Spy [/I]started airing in 1965, Southern television stations refused to broadcast it because it had a black and white protagonist who treated one another as equals. When [I]Seasame Street [/I]debuted in 1969, the last season of TOS, Mississippi refused to show it because it depicted people of different races all treating each other equally. But humans weren't perfect. In "The Arena," Kirk intends to kill the captain of the Gorn vessel, until he learns the Gorn attacked because Federation outposts were encroaching on their territory. In "Balance of Terror," we see some anti-Vulcan bigotry from Lt. Stiles and Kirk tells him to keep that baloney off his bridge. So even in the future, humans aren't perfect, they're just in a better place than we were and they're still striving to do better. I don't mind a little cynicism, but presenting Section 31 as a necessary component of "paradise" just means your system is a facade. It's a lie. I liked DS9, episodes were Sisko wrestled with right and wrong made for good drama, and it didn't go too far from what Trek was meant to be. I wish they had never introduced Section 31. [/QUOTE]

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