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To: Question_Assumptions
You can't get much more liberal than Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek) yet the original series is full of conservative ideas (you can't get much stronger pro-life messages in science fiction than those found in Friday's Child and Devil in the Dark).

That may be, but there is also the episode where Kirk tries to talk the people of the planet Gideon into practicing population control.

69 posted on 11/17/2002 8:06:03 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator
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To: Zionist Conspirator
That may be, but there is also the episode where Kirk tries to talk the people of the planet Gideon into practicing population control.

I don't remember the discussion being all that specific, nor did I get the impression he was talking about abortion. I'm not saying Original Star Trek was perfectly conservative (there was that whole "no money" angle, of course) but it certainly had some strong conservative themes in many episodes. It was certainly better than the later Treks.

Of course it, it would make some sense for Kirk to be pro-choice. Most womanizers seem to be for obvious reasons ("Here's $200. Go take care of it for me.")

77 posted on 11/20/2002 7:33:55 PM PST by Question_Assumptions
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