Insurrection Speech

How many does it take before it becomes wrong?

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• Cpt. Picard

[RedOcktober]

there were two parts in this movie that stood out above all else, and made it worth seeing... this one, Picard's "How Many People Does It Take" speech... and another, almost unremarkable scene... which i found both powerful and touching... it's the part where he and Anij are sitting in a clearing, and she slows down time and perception... there was something in that scene that continues to resonate...

thx for putting this up...

--Mike

[avatfa]

Thanks! @RedOcktober I agree and will try to make that my next project as long as it comes out well.

[KingOfMadCows]

The funny thing is that they never actually asked the Baku. If they just told the Baku that the radiation from the planet could potentially save billions of lives, they probably would have agreed.

Also, the Baku forced the Son'a off the planet so they're not exactly innocent either.

[avatfa]

@KingOfMadCows The children rebelled against the parents and left because they wouldn't conform. The Sona used the Federation's diminishing power and influence to exact revenge on their parents by selling Adm. Dougherty and the rest of the Federation that they have the technology to collect all the particles which would save the Federation politically but it would leave the planet uninhabitable.

This is where the speech becomes as important as Picard's Moby Dick speech from First Contact.

[babylon218]

How many people does it take admiral, before it becomes wrong? hmm? 1000? 50,000? 1,000,000? HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE ADMIRAL?!

The answer: 1. Just 1.

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."

The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged.

And now, for the fun of it...

HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE ADMIRAL?!!!

[starlinej]

Always felt Insurrection was the most underrated of the movies. Some people would argue that The Undiscovered Country is moreso, and while i do feel TUC is probably the most "Star Trek" of the Star Trek movies, I've never seen it get as much hate as Insurrection gets.

Some people say Insurrection was just a 2 hour long episode of TNG. That might be true, but I thought it was a really good 2 hour TNG episode.

[Chessbama]

I like how in the series Picard was the one advocating the relocation of a native american society off of a planet that was handed to cardassia but he's all of a sudden against it when he has a Celine Dion look alike love interest. See Redlettermedia's review of insurrection.

[NonstopRam]

I watch the movie, and it was not as bad as some people say...

[nognilk]

@xirex7  3

[Tahkaullus01]

@babylon218 Someone likes Picard's civil rights speeches!

[RedOcktober]

@babylon218 yes... well said... well said...

--Mike Hense - Searching For Rule Of Law in America

[SSJZTrunks91]

@LtSurge659 It was because those Indians were Federation citizens that made moving them legal and why Picard followed orders. The Prime Directive doesn't apply to Federation citizens. However the Ba'ku aren't Fed citizens so moving them is illegal and why Picard felt the need to rebel against Starfleet.

[xirex7]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop, Admiral? 1 Million? Hmmmm? ONE HUNDRED BILLION LICKS?

[Geshien]

....No?