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Comments

[Achtung Coma Baby]

Off topic: Are the Ferengi a clever indictment of libertarian ideals or a grotesque manifestation of Roddenberry's anti-semestism?

[Vermont Gun Owner]

Trick question. They are actually the lamest villains ever created.

[Achtung Coma Baby]

Isn't one of the "Rule of Acquisition" "Peace is good for trade"? The writers wrote themselves into a corner on that one.

[Vermont Gun Owner]

There is also one that is "War is good for trade."

Although besides the obvious exploitation of women, the Ferengi were actually a lot more civilized than humans for a significant portion of history. Namely, they (meaning non first season TNG) find humans to be sort of warlike barbarians (mini-Klingons). In one time travel plot they also find the idea that humans would poison their own bodies (smoking) to be incredible.

[Richard]

Quark also indicated that Ferenginar never had slavery or genocide. If I remember correctly, when we first meet the Fernegi in TNG, Date compares them to 20th Century Americans. Obviously, the lowest lifeform in the galaxy.

[Raven Nation]

I've always thought they were a pretty heavy-handed critique of capitalism & free markets. Which, of course, is a theme that runs thru much of Trek.

[Vermont Gun Owner]

It got a lot better in DS9.

[Raven Nation]

So long since I've seen those but I thought the Ferengi were still portrayed as pretty bad (I know, poor vocabulary but brain dead tonight). I like Trek but always thought Babylon-5 was more accurate in its portrayal of the future.

[Vermont Gun Owner]

The humans still looked down on them as greedy, but they had several episodes where they showed a positive facet about them. "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" showed that they can be a lot more efficient than the bureaucratic StarFleet.

[Mr Whipple]

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[Trespassers W]

Drunk.

[Tim Murphy]

Off topic: Do you really believe that dinosaurs evolved into birds, and that's where they all went?

[rather]

no

[Butts Wagner]

Into the amber, of course.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I killed the dinosaurs. Long story.

[Pedant]

Mitch Daniels will not run for President. Media omission of Ron Paul and Gary Johnson continues apace.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/PO.....niels.out/

http://online.wsj.com/article/.....06448.html

[Vig Vee]

Should be interesting to see how that turns out.

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[John]

I am telling you guys the wife had something freaky going on in that second marriage Mitch doesn't want to exlain.

[Perv]

"Reason to Believe" is a very bad movie that features Holly Marie Combs' only topless scene. That is all.

[C=VIgVee]

Nice! Now thts what I am talking about. Wow.

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