JohnRogers Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 It has bothered me often that we are led to forget aboot the families aboard Enterprise D. Otherwise Picard makes many dangerous, bad decisions unnecessarily putting children at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I'm sure they have to sign a waiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Plus, he's always breaking the Prime Directive, and tricking primitive civilisations into thinking he's a God: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0i2rhmLUMA ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Putting families on that ship is a very irresponsible decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I guess I never thought of it that way. As well defended as the Enterprise was and better than being away from their loved ones for years on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 This is actually something my daughter has brought up many many times before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Putting families on that ship is a very irresponsible decision.Misogynist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 This is actually something my daughter has brought up many many times before! This is actually a very old discussion that was debated back when TNG first aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Putting families on that ship is a very irresponsible decision.Misogynist.Where did I say women didn't belong on the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Putting non military personnel on city ships in deep space four years at a time and not expecting them to have families is unreasonable. Think of Picard more as the mayor of a reasonably sized city that Floyd through the frontier of space. In that context, I don't find his actions unreasonable. He always safeguarded the lives of his ship and crew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Putting non military personnel on city ships in deep space four years at a time and not expecting them to have families is unreasonable. Think of Picard more as the mayor of a reasonably sized city that Floyd through the frontier of space. In that context, I don't find his actions unreasonable. He always safeguarded the lives of his ship and crew. Plus most of their missions were not that dangerous directly to the ship. Especially if you take The Borg or Q out of the equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 You guys must have watched a different show than I did. They were in constant peril. Hell, Wesley got sentenced to death for walking in the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 You guys must have watched a different show than I did. They were in constant peril. Hell, Wesley got sentenced to death for walking in the grass. If they weren't in peril from hostile alien species, they were getting attacked by their own malfunctioning holodeck, or Data would go berserk, or his asshole brother Lor would show up........ CONSTANT peril! :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 99.7% of episodes involve "shields up", 72.4% involve firing phasers or photon torpedoes. There was enough peril for the kids to stay home. Many times Picard made decisions that had me thinking the writers forgot there were kids onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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