The drumhead is full of relevant lines:
This is not unlike a drumhead trial...
Five hundred years ago, military officers would upend a drum on the battlefield sit at it and dispense summary justice. Decisions were quick, punishments severe, appeals denied. Those who came to a drumhead were doomed.
...the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mister Worf. I don't like what we have become.
Five hundred years ago, military officers would upend a drum on the battlefield sit at it and dispense summary justice. Decisions were quick, punishments severe, appeals denied. Those who came to a drumhead were doomed.
...the road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think. Something is wrong here, Mister Worf. I don't like what we have become.
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged.
PICARD: We think we've come so far. The torture of heretics, the burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then, before you can blink an eye, it suddenly threatens to start all over again.
WORF: I believed her. I helped her. I did not see what she was.
PICARD: Mister Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.
WORF: I think after yesterday, people will not be as ready to trust her.
PICARD: Maybe. But she, or someone like her, will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mister Worf, that is the price we have to continually pay.
WORF: I believed her. I helped her. I did not see what she was.
PICARD: Mister Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot. Those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged.
WORF: I think after yesterday, people will not be as ready to trust her.
PICARD: Maybe. But she, or someone like her, will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mister Worf, that is the price we have to continually pay.
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Okay, all the jokes about Minnesota being full of dumb hicks can stop RIGHT NOW.
- 21/04/2021 06:40:14 AM
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It wasn't that long ago when a post like this would call for a comfy chair and some popcorn.
- 21/04/2021 07:05:15 PM
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Fatigue? Resignation?
- 21/04/2021 07:53:22 PM
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Fantastic episode
- 21/04/2021 11:04:34 PM
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You hit the nail on the head
- 05/05/2021 07:03:13 PM
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Komm, süsser Tod plays in the background
Incessant posts like this over the last decade drove off most people who would have argued. *NM*
- 02/05/2021 04:40:06 AM
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Like the OP's, I mean. *NM*
- 02/05/2021 04:40:24 AM
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I don't always agree with Cannoli, but his posts are the most interesting things on this board. *NM*
- 02/05/2021 05:22:46 PM
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I wonder what this site would be like if we were all 15 years younger, encountering the internet
- 05/05/2021 01:11:23 AM
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