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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SCSImperium: [QB] [QUOTE]I began to think about the reasons that the creators of Star Trek would want to name a ship after a ship of a man who decimated an entire tribe of Native Americans.[/QUOTE] Oh, puh-leeze! And I guess Caesar should not have come into Britannia and started to civilize the natives there. Of course, isolation of cultures played a factor in the decimation of the Native Americans, and not with the Anglo-Saxons ... But what's important is can you equate the two? Say, 1st Century Britain tibes and 16th Century American tribes. That's important in understanding the assimulation, or sometimes decimation, of cultures. [QUOTE]First, I am not in favor of political correctness.[/QUOTE] If not in favor, you're certainly influenced by it. Genocide is an abused term in our society. In my eyes, there about two incidents in the recorded history of man that are truly genocide. First, the Persian War. To a lesser extent, WW2 Germany. But that's a whole different argument altogether. First and foremost, read an [i]academic[/i] book on the topic of colonization. Then maybe you'll learn about some of the pretty grusome practices of the Aztecs and other tribes of Mexico; thus you can balance your view of this epoch in history. Anyways, back to the topic. Star Trek script writers pull out names for their ships at random. Whatever symbolism you're trying to hint at was never intended. "Santa Maria" sounds colorful, and of Latin origin. Not unlike some other names that have appeared in Trek. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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