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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9735311" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I'm curious why, after his "heel realization", Umberto decided not to re-edit the earlier parts of his documentary.  He'd have looked a lot better by excising his conspiracy theories and bias from the finished work.Instead it makes all these wild accusations and lets Starfleet defend themselves from them.  I suppose it makes sense in our current era where if he didn't try to ask the hard questions, people would accuse him of being a Starfleet shill, but is there seriously enough anti-Starfleet sentiment at this point in time that anyone would even make those kinds of accusations?The truth is, we know Starfleet gets up to some shady stuff.  Officers (even Admirals!) go rogue, aliens try to infiltrate, there's secret black projects, Section 31, eventually a Department of Temporal Investigations, forced resettlements, covert espionage and wetwork, etc. etc..  And it's actually kind of standard for series' regulars to violate regulations and orders from time to time.The overall message we're supposed to take away is that these people aren't perfect, but are trying to uphold higher ideals.  I guess.  Except, I thought the message was supposed to be that things are different in the future, and we don't marginalize minorities based on fear and prejudice, engage in proxy wars against our enemies, and are "more enlightened"?Sure, Trek is at it's best when it holds up a mirror to our own times, but it feels like we're being told one thing about this ideal utopian future and then shown the cracks on a fairly regular basis.</blockquote>

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