Take comfort in the fact that every time someone types out the phrases "should of (sic) complied" or "play stupid games win stupid prizes" a spirit appears like in A Christmas Carol and shows them the future where they die alone without ever having known the love of another living being.
We hear you, we see you, and we know - as you do - that you're a miserable sorta-excuse for a human being who will never know a moment's happiness let alone be tolerable to any other person. Your existence is a cancer on the world and everyone forced to encounter you, even for a moment, is worse off for it. And unlike this woman shot down in cold blood, the moment you die will pass entirely unnoticed and unremaked upon. It will be like you never existed, and you know every word I said here is true. That's why you act the way you do and talk the way you do - because at night, when you're alone, you know all of this. The only thing that never occurs to you is that everyone around you knows it about you, too. You think your act fools anyone, and that's the scariest thing to you: the possibility that people see you for the coward you are.
They do. We do. Sleep tight. ...
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you. ...
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Samantha says:
First off, I'd like to share this: http://www.thyla.com/breakfast.jpg
Second, dragon*con (http://www.dragoncon.org/) is coming to Atlanta next weekend. I'm pretty excited about that.
Lastly, I'd like to add a little something to the fine critique you present, starting with the assumption that there IS in fact a link betweekn StarTrek and pedophelia, as you have asserted, and go from there.
I think the utopian argument is the strongest one you make (perhaps inadvertently) for this link. Recognizing that the original series took place in the midst of the cold war and characters are allegorical and all that, *still* the underlying message the show reinforces is the image of Kirk (along with the whole crew and all the federation, for that matter) as ultimate authority figures, patriarchal, benevolent dictators almost. Of course, as you pointed out, this can be taken by fans in historical context (foreign policy during the cold war) or simply as a good story, but nonetheless, the show drives home the idea of "father knows best."
You must recognize that despite the Prime Directive (ignored on practically every episode in the original series), Kirk feels he has the right, no, the *moral obligation,* to force people of other planets to do what he – and the federation – believes they should be doing.
This more than anything else, I think, is what ties the show to pedophelia, because ultimately (I'm not a criminologist either…but) isn't pedophelia about power? About lording it over someone weaker and dependent on you? And who does that better than the charming Kirk, always righting the societal wrongs of the less enlightened planets he encounters?
K says:
Pop culture tourguide extraordinaire!
That was seriously impressive. I'm much less worried about all those DVDs now.
Schneider says:
As a Trek fan, I always hesistate to respond to something like the original report. I applaud your effort, Mike, to do so and think it was effective.
That being said, as someone who could be accused of being a little too fond of Star Trek and the entire Sci-Fi genre in general, I feel the need to point out that, yes, there are extremely creepy people out there and many of them like Trek. Like any good thing, when someone becomes obsessed with Trek it certainly doesn't make them better adjusted.
The fact of the matter is, I don't have any data to back up my opinions on this one. Neither am I certain that I understand the original proposition of the article. Was it that like Star Trek, like that first step down the dark path, led inexorably to pedophilia for the unwary? Or is it just a correlating factor?
I salute you, Toronto Star, for warning me of the danger of Star Trek and hope that your ever-responsible reporting will help me avoid the missteps of my brethren who have fallen to the evils of pedophilia.
I salute you, Mike, for allowing me to continue to watch my Star Trek DVDs and have some credible response to offer when I am closely questioned by the Homeland Security Dept. as to why I own Star Trek and am neither a pedophile or a terrorist.