History Headscratchers / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineFederation

** This is like asking why are still White supremacists existing in the US? Shouldn't all Americans consider one another to be brothers and sisters, fellow countrymen of the greatest nation on Earth? Why did Brexit happened? Shouldn't the enlighten Europeans all, British or continental, consider themselves to be Europeans and transcend those pesky notions of nationalism that caused the two wars? Why racism is still a problem in some Islamic countries if Islam absolutely and explicitly forbids racism? True is, prejudice and racism manage to survive in almost every society as sad as it sounds.
** Also he might be very old. Vulcans live much longer. T'Pol is seeing as a youngster by her fellow Vulcans and is 60, Tuvok looks slighty younger than Solok and was serving alongside Sulu like a 100 years prior, then took decades of sabatic in a monastry before going back to Starfleet. Solok might be over a 100 or even getting to 200 and have being born in pre-Federation or early Federation times, holding still some of the paternalistic and prejudiced views many Vulcans had back then. Is the typically "racist grandpa" joke. Imagine that we in real life have sometimes ackward conversations with senior citizens because they hold certain ideas that are racist for our standards, now imagine if humans live for centuries; you'll had people who fought for the Confederate States and owned slaves still living around.

** It probably has something to do with her total lack of boundaries. Or, at least, her complete disregard for ''other people's'' boundaries. It's played for laughs, but grabbing Bashir's butt the way she did constitutes sexual assault by most definitions. Given her personality, it seems likely that this is probably a pretty regular occurrence for her. And because she’s brain damaged, she may not even be ‘’capable’’ of understanding why this is wrong, or have the impulse control skills to stop herself. That would make her a danger to herself and others. If she weren’t in a mental institution, she might be in prison.

* It's all there in the episode:

* In ''[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E09StatisticalProbabilities "Statistical Probabilities"]]'', why exactly is Lauren locked in a mental institution? The other three patients we see in the institution seem to suffer from series mental disorders as a result of their genetic modifications, but Lauren's only psychological issue appears to be her hypersexuality. Hypersexuality, of course, can cause serious problems to a person, but even today the treatment for it is therapy and/or medication, and there's no need to put someone in closed psychiatric ward because of it. And 24th century Federation is supposed to be more utopian and liberal than our era when it comes to such issues, so it doesn't make sense she would locked up because of that.

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--> '''Rom:''' Odo has him and the Nausicaans in a holding cell. He says it's an open and shut case. \\
'''Quark:''' It's an open and shut case all right, but I'm not going to press charges. \\

** Also he might be very old. Vulcans live much longer. T'Pol is seeing as a youngster by her fellow Vulcans and is 60, Tuvok looks slighty younger than Solok and was serving alongside Sulu like a 100 years prior, then took decades of sabatic in a monastry before going back to Starfleet. Solok might be over a 100 or even getting to 200 and have being born in pre-Federation or early Federation times, holding still some of the paternalistic and prejudiced views many Vulcans had back then. Is the typically "racist grandpa" joke. Imagine that we in real life have sometimes ackward conversations with senior citizens because they hold certain ideas that are racist for our standards, now imagine if humans live for centuries; you'll had people who fought for the Confedrate States and own slaves still living around.

* Retroactive, but worth considering from a Watsonian perspective: this troper recalls a [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Discovery]] episode detailing Geneva protocols being mentioned, with one in 1928 and another in 2155. The latter would more likely than not be focused on interstellar warfare, especially considering its placement during the Earth-Romulan War. Maybe Starfleet is recognizing a Geneva Convention, just one that’s been altered from what we have today.

** As this troper recalls, Worf was attending Riker & Troi's wedding at the start of Nemesis. They then board the Enterprise to head to Betazed, for that side of the wedding. As such, Worf would have gone along with his old crewmates. Then when the Enterprise got into trouble, he wouldn't have just stood by. He's not that type of character.

** There is a novel which I dont remember the name of, but may have been a novelisation of an episode, where Worf thinks about how it was the ninth time they tried to establish a station in this area... basically nonsense then and now sure, but its at least an explanation that was put into print.

** There is a novel which I dont remember the name of, but may have been a novelisation of an episode, where Word thinks about how it was the ninth time they tried to establish a station in this area... nonsense then and now sure, but its at least an explanation that was put into print.

** There is a novel which I dont remember the name of, but may have been a novelisation of an episode, where Word thinks about how it was the ninth time they tried to establish a station in this area... nonsense then and now sure, but its at least an explanation that was put into print.