The Asshole Directive
- Captain Seafort
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Indeed, by TNG it seems to have changed from "don't screw up pre-warp societies by flaunting godlike abilities" to "don't interfere in anyone else's arguments, even when it severely damages your own interests".
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edited for sarcasm - bold parts added.Captain Seafort wrote:Indeed, by TNG it seems to have changed from "don't screw up pre-warp societies by flaunting godlike abilities" to "don't interfere in anyone else's arguments, even when it severely damages your own interests, unless you feel like it.".
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From DITL page:
The Prime Directive. Precludes interference in the normal development of a society. The Prime Directive has 47 suborders. When dealing with primitive cultures, the Prime Directive forbids any mention of life on other worlds.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
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The 47 sub orders would be interesting but I doubt they exist. Just mentioned.
I wonder if they have Prime Directive 101 in the academy.
I wonder if they have Prime Directive 101 in the academy.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
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Lets save this for the debateThen why didn't it prevent them from hunting down the Maquis, who were essentially an independent nation?
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Because that's where the "when we feel like it" part comes in.Cpl Kendall wrote:Then why didn't it prevent them from hunting down the Maquis, who were essentially an independent nation?Teaos wrote:Picard said the PD stopped them. So maybe one of the 47 sub orders stopped them.
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Exactly. They "do the right thing" when it comes to groups they can crush with little or no effort, but go on about the whole "we can't interfere" crap when it comes to groups that could give them a bloody nose.
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