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Fantastic episode Jeordam Send a noteboard - 21/04/2021 11:04:34 PM

"Your Honour, the courtroom is a crucible. In it we burn away irrelevancies until we are left with a pure product, the truth for all time.

Now, sooner or later, this man or others like him will succeed in replicating Commander Data. And the decision you reach here today will determine how we will regard this creation of our genius. It will reveal the kind of a people we are, what he is destined to be.

It will reach far beyond this courtroom and this one android. It could significantly redefine the boundaries of personal liberty and freedom, expanding them for some, savagely curtailing them for others.

Are you prepared to condemn him and all who come after him to servitude and slavery? Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting. You wanted a chance to make law. Well, here it is. Make a good one."

-Jean-Luc Picard



The other episode that could very much come to mind is "The Drumhead". Another courtroom drama on TNG. I daresay that one may have even more relevance considering that one of the people who is suspected/questioned is done so because of his heritage.

~Jeordam

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Okay, all the jokes about Minnesota being full of dumb hicks can stop RIGHT NOW. Cannoli - 21/04/2021 06:40:14 AM 374 Views
It wasn't that long ago when a post like this would call for a comfy chair and some popcorn. damookster - 21/04/2021 07:05:15 PM 176 Views
Fatigue? Resignation? entyti - 21/04/2021 07:53:22 PM 162 Views
Fantastic episode Jeordam - 21/04/2021 11:04:34 PM 175 Views
You hit the nail on the head entyti - 05/05/2021 07:03:13 PM 126 Views
Come Sweet Death Komm, süsser Tod plays in the background Roland00 - 24/04/2021 05:21:53 AM 149 Views
Incessant posts like this over the last decade drove off most people who would have argued. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/05/2021 04:40:06 AM 106 Views
Like the OP's, I mean. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/05/2021 04:40:24 AM 135 Views
I don't always agree with Cannoli, but his posts are the most interesting things on this board. *NM* Narg - 02/05/2021 05:22:46 PM 108 Views
I wonder what this site would be like if we were all 15 years younger, encountering the internet Roland00 - 05/05/2021 01:11:23 AM 154 Views
I laughed. Glad he'll be in prison tho. *NM* TyrReborn - 22/04/2021 05:40:35 PM 108 Views
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