Sunday - May 08, 2011

Yes, I’m almost done with Star Trek

Now I’m watching Star Trek Generations. The first thing that surprised me was how old the movie is. 1994. I’m getting old.

Anyway, I loved this exchange between Picard and Riker on an 18th-century (holodeck) version of Enterprise:

PICARD: Imagine what it was like, Will. No engines… no computers… just the wind, the sea and the stars to guide you.

RIKER: Bad food, brutal discipline… (beat) No women.

Yep! Trust Riker to target the main weakness of 18th-century navies! No women!

‘Course, I served in the 20th-century US Navy. No women on warships then.

Why did I get out? They wanted women on warships. I wasn’t going to hang around for the sexual harassment charges. If women want to be ‘equal’, then the laws need concerning sexual harassment need to be repealed. As a married civilian, I’ve been ‘sexually harassed’ many times. Just ask my wife. (why is it that a man is more attractive after he’s married? Maybe some BMEWSette can tell me?)

But the term used in civilian life is ‘flirting’. Flirting can be fun, and, like manners, is part of the social ‘grease’ that keeps things civil between the sexes. Flirting relieves the tension. Kinda like a fencing match: Attack: Retreat: Thrust: Parry: Coupe: Disengage: Stop-thrust: And if nobody scored, then you salute and leave the field to the next couple.

Posted by Christopher     on 05/08/2011 at 06:45 PM   
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