tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post2002504452849325145..comments2023-11-03T12:44:19.948+01:00Comments on Orwell's Picnic ~: Don't worry Rev., you're definitely not alone.Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-65832050445619973192008-04-01T19:28:00.000+02:002008-04-01T19:28:00.000+02:00Oh yeah. That was one of the very few STNG episode...Oh yeah. That was one of the very few STNG episodes I liked. <BR/><BR/>In fact, her daughter doesn't comfort her at all. She tells her mother that she's not allowed to be upset about that nice man committing suicide because it was just their culture and, after all, every culture is equally valid doncha know. <BR/><BR/>The politically correct answer was crap and everyone knew it. It was perfectly clear that Lwaxana was the only one in the entire thing who had any sense. <BR/><BR/>That show often shot its own philosophies in the foot.Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15895111.post-57479751270716565082008-04-01T18:58:00.000+02:002008-04-01T18:58:00.000+02:00I remember a Star Trek: TNG episode that touches o...I remember a Star Trek: TNG episode that touches on this subject...here's a quote from the "plot" on "The Half Life" from wiki:<BR/><BR/>"Timicin is about to turn 60; and on Kaelon II, everyone who reaches the age of 60 kills him or herself in what is known to their people as "the Resolution", a means of ridding their culture of the need to care for the elderly. Lwaxana is outraged by this fact, and when Picard makes it clear that he will not interfere in the planet's local affairs, Lwaxana tries to beam herself down to the planet to halt the process. When she is thwarted, she goes into hysterics until Deanna comforts her. After Lwaxana and Timicin end up spending an evening together, he tries to explain the custom of the Resolution to her, stating that they should never expect to be repaid for the care they show their children, and a fixed age had to be selected because just randomly choosing a time to die would be heartless."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the reverend was a fan of the show??<BR/><BR/>AnnSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762152722888444235noreply@blogger.com