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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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Though I must confess that I am skeptical about scenes like this. In my opinion, DS9 often comes dangerously close to glorifying terrorism, which might have had a more positive reputation in the U.S. in the light of the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, however, little did they know that they themselves would become the occupiers from the perspective of many people, especially in the Arab world. I doubt that DS9 would have approached terrorism the way it did if it would have been made after 9/11.
Probably not after 9/11 no. But I'm glad the discussion of freedom fighter / terrorist happened while it could. They really dived into both sides of the coin with the Maki, Cardassian, Maki border colonies, Bajor, etc.
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