What exactly is your arguement? That the Federation is weak? That it is communist? So far you've been batting zero on the latter.Youngla0450 wrote:Well, here are some of my arguments:
Other than "The Naked Time", what other episodes in all of Trek can you cite beyond one very obvious statistical outlier. How do the outliers compare to the potentially thousands, or even tens of thousands of transports E-D personel have made on and off screen. For example, transport by aircraft is now the safest way to travel statisically speaking, but every year out of millions of flights, there are one or two crashes. We would have to expect something similar for transporters, especially when going to unexplored territory.Their transporter biofilters do nothing-The transporters have those biofilters or "decons" that are supposed to be used to identify and neturalize any threatening toxins or contaminations of boarding parties. However, several times, the biofilter computer was unable to detect the contamination or failed to prevent it, as seen in "The Naked Time".
Cite a source that the latter speculation is true. There is no point ever in TNG or DS9 where Troi or Ezeri Dax do anything like that, or do any kind of political indoctrination.Councillor Troi is a political officer-The only reason Councillor Deanna Troi is on the Enterprise is because she is a political officer. Troi's publicily-recognized duty is to "help" crew-members with mental problems or help them control their emotions. In reality, she is in charge of detecting the thoughts of all crew and their families, and to report to Starfleet Command of any possible political or military insurgency.
And some Starfleet personel would agree with you. But as pointed out, it was not a forced situation for the families to go along. By the time of the Dominion war, there were no families on board any Starfleet vessel that we know of. It was a policy made during more peaceful times for starships that would likely be sent out on long-duration missions of exploration and patrol. When the political climate changed and new threats emerged, the policy was changed accordingly.There is no use for families on Starfleet vessels-There is no use for families to be aboard Starfleet vessels. They usually head into dangerous situations and missions, and usually these threaten the lives of the crew and the civilians onboard. In one episode, the Aldeans even kidnapped at least seven Enterprise children, including Wesley. Thus, if the ship is disabled in battle or even severely damaged, several civilians and children could die.
Holodecks are worthless-There is no use for holodecks onboard Starfleet vessels. The holodecks waste precious space on board Federation vessels, reducing battle efficency and firepower for the sake of entertainment for the crew AND civilians! Usually the holodeck controls malfunction, leading to users of the holodeck being trapped or severely or slightly injured or even killed.
Why is there no use for holodecks on a starship? They have fantastic use for training personel or running simulations as we have seen numerous times throughout the TNG-era series. Also, holodecks don't appear to take up that much room or power anyway, relatively speaking. Please, elaborate more and as with the transporter biofilter claim, please cite your evidence and do a proper statistical analysis.
-Mike
