Hyperbole to emphasize the importance of following orders in battle, even if you think it’s a mistake.

Ours is not to reason why; Ours is but to do and die

Spock explained that they could mimic the sounds, but not the language. They would be responding in gibberish.

Maybe its programming was damaged or tampered with. It wouldn’t be the first time.

Citation needed.

Well, yes, just like me and my job, they can quit. What part of that suggests slavery?

How so?

It’s not involuntary, though. They have to apply for the program, and can stop if they want.

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Another nit about Riker’s argument: at one point he detaches Data’s arm to demonstrate that he’s a machine. Four years later Riker’s arm was amputated and reattached by the subspace aliens in Schisms.

The Dominion Did Nothing Wrong^TM

From a national security standpoint of the government, it absolutely does matter who has the data.

There are Federation time beacons. The E-D resynchronized the ship’s chronometer using one after they got stuck in a time loop in Cause and Effect. They, however, did not use it when they lost a day in Clues.

Shiny!

You can collect unemployment after quitting if you have a good cause for quitting.

PSA: gog.com sells versions of Armada and Hidden Evil that work on modern systems.

The Voyage Home is the first movie I remember seeing. I was around 3 years old and my parents took me to see it at a drive in theater. It remains my favorite Trek movie.

Whenever you notice something like that, Q did it.

But also note that 99% of the victims of the guillotine during the French revolution were innocent commoners, most of the nobility escaped abroad long before the reign of terror started, and the final victim of the terror was the guy who had been in charge of it.

“Here come the test results: ‘You are a horrible person’. That’s what it says, ‘a horrible person’. We weren’t even testing for that!”

More like, “I want a sandwich but i can’t afford one. I guess I’ll go become a porn actor or a prostitute to earn money"