Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:02 am
Cripes, could "Confessions And Lamentations" have ended any more depressingly? Jeez.
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The Huskar Social Union wrote:I am very much enjoying your musings on londo.
Grenartia wrote:Anyone notice how, during DS9's Bar Association, they have Pakleds crossing the picket line?
Grenartia wrote:Ameriganastan wrote:It's crap. Blatantly pro-union, out of character crap.
And Let That Be Your Last Battlefield is blatantly anti-racist, anti-war, "out of character crap". The Drumhead is blatantly anti-McCarthyist, anti-witchhunt, "out of character crap". For fuck's sakes, the entire Past Tense two-parter was blatantly anti-poverty, "out of character crap".
Star Trek has always been about fighting for equality, and for uplifting the disadvantaged. If you don't like its fucking agenda, why are you even a fucking fan?
Ameriganastan wrote:Grenartia wrote:
And Let That Be Your Last Battlefield is blatantly anti-racist, anti-war, "out of character crap". The Drumhead is blatantly anti-McCarthyist, anti-witchhunt, "out of character crap". For fuck's sakes, the entire Past Tense two-parter was blatantly anti-poverty, "out of character crap".
Star Trek has always been about fighting for equality, and for uplifting the disadvantaged. If you don't like its fucking agenda, why are you even a fucking fan?
You can have all the agenda you want if the episode if good. "Bar Association" was not. Quark is one of my favorite characters, and that episode writes him completely out of character to shove the pro-union point down your throat.
Also, watch you mouth.
Grenartia wrote:How the hell was the greedy capitalist that literally seeks to exploit his workers "written completely out of character"? It only would've been out of character if he had been pro-union, and the only reason he gave into the union's demands at the end was because Sisko threatened to cut even farther into his profit margins than the union's demands would have.
Ameriganastan wrote:Grenartia wrote:How the hell was the greedy capitalist that literally seeks to exploit his workers "written completely out of character"? It only would've been out of character if he had been pro-union, and the only reason he gave into the union's demands at the end was because Sisko threatened to cut even farther into his profit margins than the union's demands would have.
I've gone over this like 3 times before, but what the Hell. Let's go again.
Quark is a greedy little prick like any Ferengi businessman. But he's not without his positive traits. And that episode removes those to make the pro-union side look better.
No other episode has him basically tell a Dabo Girl "Screw me or your fired".
Sure he hits on them, but he never goes that far except here. And let's not forget business was dead because of the Bajoran fast. He had to slice wages or fire scores of them.
Oh, and the crux of episode was caused by Rom jerking off too much.
But because writers are in a union, their side is presented as right in every aspect.
And turning Sisko into a greedy landlord all of a sudden is also agitating.
Quark is nearly beaten to death, and they spin even that into the pro-union message.
Ameriganastan wrote:Grenartia wrote:How the hell was the greedy capitalist that literally seeks to exploit his workers "written completely out of character"? It only would've been out of character if he had been pro-union, and the only reason he gave into the union's demands at the end was because Sisko threatened to cut even farther into his profit margins than the union's demands would have.
I've gone over this like 3 times before, but what the Hell. Let's go again.
1. Quark is a greedy little prick like any Ferengi businessman. 2. But he's not without his positive traits. 3. And that episode removes those to make the pro-union side look better. 3. No other episode has him basically tell a Dabo Girl "Screw me or your fired". 4. Sure he hits on them, but he never goes that far except here. 5. And let's not forget business was dead because of the Bajoran fast. He had to slice wages or fire scores of them. Oh, and the crux of episode was caused by Rom jerking off too much. But because writers are in a union, their side is presented as right in every aspect. 6. And turning Sisko into a greedy landlord all of a sudden is also agitating. Quark is nearly beaten to death, and they spin even that into the pro-union message.
Grenartia wrote:Ameriganastan wrote:I've gone over this like 3 times before, but what the Hell. Let's go again.
Quark is a greedy little prick like any Ferengi businessman. But he's not without his positive traits. And that episode removes those to make the pro-union side look better.
[Citation needed]No other episode has him basically tell a Dabo Girl "Screw me or your fired".
Profit and Lace (as terrible as it was) had him basically do that as well, and that's just the first example off the top of my head. I'm sure I could find other examples from the first 3 seasons.Sure he hits on them, but he never goes that far except here. And let's not forget business was dead because of the Bajoran fast. He had to slice wages or fire scores of them.
He also undoubtedly had mountains of latinum saved up from his previous profits. He very likely wasn't hurting for cash nearly as bad as his ranting would have you believe. It is only because of his Ferengi greed that he "couldn't" afford to keep paying his workers their usual wages.Oh, and the crux of episode was caused by Rom jerking off too much.
The man has needs, but moreover, what does that have to do with literally anything else we're talking about here?But because writers are in a union, their side is presented as right in every aspect.
Wow, people who are in a union, and likely also have experienced working without union protection, tend to be pro-union! What a fucking conspiracy!And turning Sisko into a greedy landlord all of a sudden is also agitating.
You missed the entire fucking point of that. He didn't "turn into a greedy landlord", he decided to give Quark a taste of his own capitalist medicine, to restore order back to the Promenade. Its almost as if Sisko is ultimately the one responsible for ensuring the station is a safe and peaceful place to be.Quark is nearly beaten to death, and they spin even that into the pro-union message.
What the fuck do you even have against unions anyways? Are you a literal Ferengi Liquidator or something? Brunt, is that you?
Grenartia wrote:
[Citation needed]
Grenartia wrote:Profit and Lace (as terrible as it was) had him basically do that as well, and that's just the first example off the top of my head. I'm sure I could find other examples from the first 3 seasons.
Grenartia wrote:He also undoubtedly had mountains of latinum saved up from his previous profits. He very likely wasn't hurting for cash nearly as bad as his ranting would have you believe. It is only because of his Ferengi greed that he "couldn't" afford to keep paying his workers their usual wages.
Grenartia wrote:The man has needs, but moreover, what does that have to do with literally anything else we're talking about here?
Grenartia wrote:You missed the entire fucking point of that. He didn't "turn into a greedy landlord", he decided to give Quark a taste of his own capitalist medicine, to restore order back to the Promenade. Its almost as if Sisko is ultimately the one responsible for ensuring the station is a safe and peaceful place to be.
Grenartia wrote:What the fuck do you even have against unions anyways? Are you a literal Ferengi Liquidator or something? Brunt, is that you?
Ameriganastan wrote:Grenartia wrote:
[Citation needed]
Sold food to the Bajorans when DS9 was still Terok Nor.
Got Damar hammered and took vital info back to the occupation resistance.
Got sliced protecting a Dabo Girl.
Saved Nog from a Jem'Hadar on AR-558.
Saved 28 million people from a crazy arms trader with no guarantee he'd survive.
etc.Grenartia wrote:Profit and Lace (as terrible as it was) had him basically do that as well, and that's just the first example off the top of my head. I'm sure I could find other examples from the first 3 seasons.
If you have to cite Profit And Lace to defend your stance, then it's a very shaky one.Grenartia wrote:He also undoubtedly had mountains of latinum saved up from his previous profits. He very likely wasn't hurting for cash nearly as bad as his ranting would have you believe. It is only because of his Ferengi greed that he "couldn't" afford to keep paying his workers their usual wages.
He's running a business, not a charity. And again, he could have fired the lot of them but he didn't.Grenartia wrote:The man has needs, but moreover, what does that have to do with literally anything else we're talking about here?
Cause that's what kicks the whole stupid episode off. Rom spanks it too much and gets sick, and acts like not getting a sick day for his idiocy is Quarks fault.Grenartia wrote:You missed the entire fucking point of that. He didn't "turn into a greedy landlord", he decided to give Quark a taste of his own capitalist medicine, to restore order back to the Promenade. Its almost as if Sisko is ultimately the one responsible for ensuring the station is a safe and peaceful place to be.
Sisko, a citizen from a civilization that evolved past money, suddenly becoming a money grubbing dick isn't anything but bad writing.Grenartia wrote:What the fuck do you even have against unions anyways? Are you a literal Ferengi Liquidator or something? Brunt, is that you?
Various things. But for the sake of this discussion, it's that strike episodes make shitty TV.
The Huskar Social Union wrote: