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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ahkileez: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: Ok, right there is where the problem is. The Federation is NOT an Empire. An Empire is a totalitarian institution, a Federation is a co-operative group of independent worlds that in this case also happens to be a Democracy.[/QUOTE]A cooperative group of independent worlds where the largest military organization in evidences seems to have authority over every single person, planet and law yet shown on screen. No, that's not fascism - oh no. As your esteemed colleague has pointed out, not once have I heard of an election in Trek. The English language does not have a good enough term for what the Fed is, Empire fits the best. [QUOTE]As in no way is it hypocrisy to use lethal force force in self defence without being aggressive. To be militant is to be aggressive which means when you attack someone it's because you feel like it, or because you're angry or have something to gain. To be peaceful is to live and let live as far as the other person will allow. As I pointed out before, Starfleet and the Federation are NOT Pacifists but they're not Warmongers either. Just because they have power and the capability to level a planet doesn't mean they strut around like the galactic bullies making everyone do things their way.[/QUOTE]That sounds like the entire run of The Next Generation to me. The plot of every episode. Show up in their giant battleship, talk down to the locals, in the end 'they'll see it our way - they're not intimidated in the least by our planet-cracking weaponry'. Hehe. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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