Posted on 12/12/2014 4:38:41 PM PST by Brother Cracker
This clip is taken from an episode called 'The High Ground'. The result of this short conversation, and the general theme of the program being centered around insurgency as a means to achieve freedom, led to the BBC (The British Broadcasting Corporation- Britain's national broadcaster) and Sky TV (a Satellite Broadcaster) putting a ban on showing the episode.
When Sky did show the episode they cut the part about Irish reunification in 2024. In Ireland on RTE (Raidió Teilifís Éireann-Ireland's national broadcaster) the showing of the full episode came with a warning describing the content as "Fictional and Aspirational."
The complete episode was only shown for the first time on the BBC in September 2007, Sky TV soon followed suit and aired the full uncut episode. This was 17 years after the original air-date in the U.S. The full program can now be seen on a number of satellite channels unedited.
This ban covered the area of broadcast/transmission/coverage of the BBC (UK and Ireland), Sky TV (mainly the UK and Ireland at that time, but also including parts of Europe) the 'aspirational notice' placed on the program was by RTE (Ireland).
Truly a humanitarian service that you provide.
I watched the entire series when it first aired, even thought it was soapy.
In the opening, Picard would announce ‘while on our way to something exciting, we slowed to have a PC dull episode about the screwed up teleporter or holodeck.’
At least Voyager did have more action.
The Swishy Generation?
“I’m still waiting for the Eugenics Wars in the 1990s mentioned in TOS Space Seed (Khaaaaaaaan!)”
Oh, they happened. But you were genetically reprogrammed to forget them.
So was Ds9. Dealt with religious terrorism and the deifying of Sisko.
#9 at least Picard got shot with an arrow : )
me too
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Orange Order Parade - The Twelfth, 12th of July 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e2Nq_yTh3Y
Don't forget Gerry Adams' power sharing arrangement and that Shin Fein controls all but two counties on othe island of Ireland.
Not everyone wants to give up their roots.
Rock, paper, scissors, Spock!
I’m glad I’m a Trekkie, but that sir, is the cutest Trekkie.
Sisko was head and shoulders better than Picard. DS9 was better overall than TNG.
:)
You are the man. Thank you!
lol
ENGINEER KITTEH CAN HAZ DILITHIUM CRYSTALS?
BKMRK
Engineer kitteh is most logical.
Until he partied with Data’s Cat.
lol
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