A Humanist's Review: Star Trek The Next Generation - Episode "The Drumhead"

My review of my favorite episode from Star Trek TNG, and how it relates to today. I hope you enjoy this review, even if you are not a fan of Star Trek.

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• Roddenberry

[AlethaBryson]

You sir are an idiot.. Nobody nobody nobody holding any political sway has ever ever accused EVERYBODY in the muslim community of being terrorists. People have accused certain practitioners of shariah law and other extremist versions of the islam religion of being terrorist, but not EVERYBODY of the muslim. When you perpetrate this lie, you are just as closed and small minded as the drumhead like people you condemn in this episode..

[AxelLaw]

@AlethaBryson Strange, because that's not what Tom Tancredo (Colorado senator) has tried to do these past couple of years. In 2008, Tancredo introduced the Jihad Prevention Act, which basically prohibits anyone from practicing Sharia Law, and even if they are already citizens of the United States, they would be removed of their citizenship and kicked out of the country. He also said that we should "bomb Mecca." That's a little extreme, don't you think?

[ApeMonk7]

I have just recently gotten into Star Trek. I started with TNG and have just come from watching "The Drumhead", and I must say up to here, it is my favorite episode. Dark and deeply worrying, Picard's quotation of Aaron Satie is marvelous. I like your review.

[AxelLaw]

@ApeMonk7 Thank you. =)

[intermender]

New example even now: Adam Lusher of Sunday Telegraph attacking Richard Dawkins for his slave owning ancestors. Lusher's arguments are the same used by terrorists the world over to justify their atrocious acts upon innocents. I read about it on Richard Dawkins website and recalled this scene lol. When will people learn (including not to buy the Sunday Telegraph lol).

[irlsarge]

Amazing work dude, live long and prosper :p

[Tahkaullus01]

@AxelLaw Good man

[AxelLaw]

While I am a flawed human being, my message still stands. I can be snarky sometimes because some of the arguments I hear from the religious right rub me the wrong way, especially when one says objective reality is absolute or that gays aren't prohibited from marrying (which is a pretty asinine argument in of itself). Still, I will take your advice to heart, especially when I'm faced with trolling. Thanks for the comment.

[Tahkaullus01]

@AxelLaw Easy there Axel. I'm not Christian but I'm also not about to see your argument lose weight because you slander a religion. Your message is good but you'll lose it if you respond like this. My advice: Just don't reply, or if you must, keep it professional.

[prosig556]

segregation can solve most problems, hang out with your own breed. maybe, create nation staes on another planet based on ethnicity

[sysprog1953]

I also liked this TNG episode. Many of the TOS and TNG episodes did a good job of depicting moral issues in a manner that, hopefully, made the viewer think about how its relates to current events. I like many of these episodes. "The Measure of a Man" comes to mind, but these are only two of a great series. Gene R. did a great job with the stories in both ST:TOS and TNG, in my opinion.

Thanks for posting this video.

[quinnpohl]

Nice comments sir. Nice to hear someone talking genuine peace. Indeed, this episode of Start Trek is of utmost relevance now...

[pacsouljah00]

What I like about star trek tng is that sense "self critique". There is another episode called "the Pegasus" which is also one of my all-time favourites that I recommend everyone to watch and compare that situation to the current north korea/Iran WMD situation. What star trek, especially tng, brings to the table is that sense of "if I want to criticize others, I should make sure I don't suffer from the same faults".

[AlethaBryson]

@AxelLaw Sharia law is what gave Rahim Alfetlawiman in Michigan the moral fortitude to shoot his 20 year old step daughter Jessica Mokdad to death. Practioners of Sharia law call the murder of this 20 year old lady an honor killing. In Bangledesh Sharia law caused the death by stoning penalty to a fourteen year old girl named Hena Akhter. Hena Akhter was accused of the crime of adultery after she was raped by her cousin. Sharia law is the extreme, Not Tom Tacredo.