This template lives rent free in my head.
Oops, forgot transcript.
Transcript: The character Gul Dukat from Deep Space 9 on a video screen with the top text: “ATTENTION BAJORAN CITIZENS”
Bottom text: “YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO EVACUATE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE”
Equating Israelites to the space Nazis is a bit harsh and also ironic, isn’t it?
DS9 writers modeled the Cardassian occupation of Bajor (in part) after the Israeli occupation of Gaza. The book A Different Trek goes into detail if you want direct sources and a fuller discussion of how the Jewish-American writers and actors involved with the show didn’t think it was “ironic” as you put it.
Interesting, I’ll have to look into that. So far, I have rather identified Bajorans as the “space jews” and Cardassians as the “space nazis”.
The intent was to portray Netanyahu as Dukat, not to disparage a nationality. But yes, the irony is dangerously sharp.
I see. I agree that the middle east would very very likely be far better off without Netanyahu. It’s just that so many people seem to oversimplify the situation -for one side or the other- and I’m somewhat wary of that.
Risa is a safe place. I would hope that a Star Trek fan is capable of understanding nuance.