Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Think about Tasha Yar's homeworld. If I recall correctly, an earth colony > that fell into decades of chaos. The people stopped being altruistic. And > if the government on Earth was truly communism I doubt the downfall would > last as long as it did. It seems that the time between Kirk and Picard was > a golden age. The Romulans went into hiding, the Klingons were uneasy > allies. Was the Cardasian war really that big? So why did the federation > turn a blind eye to her planet? > Maybe because interfering into a planet is more dangerous to the Federation than letting the planet destroy itself.
And I don't think the Federation is that much democratic. It seems that Earth has a kind of dominance over the other planets of the Federation. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
