Like I mentioned earlier, deep, man. Deep.
Good call, Odo. And Bashir.
He’s a person not an animal for study.
He really plays up the stoopid. Reel it back, genius.
undo the damage his race has done?
Yes, the metaphor continues.
Hmmm…well…he is tampered with. Technically, he has no free will. He is subject to his “programming”.
and our jem’hadar doesn’t even have his own name.
also, where’s audra? we need a junk report.
This is intriguing, especially given Avery’s intent.
I could! I won’t, but I could! 
I never brought a girl home.
Audra had mentioned on an Eff this Week about joining us for a DS9 re-watch. This would have been a superb episode to do that.
Oh well.
Jake, the poet. Again, foreshadowing (which I mistakenly referred to as prefiguration earlier… whoops my Spanglish).
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“It’s amazing how some people will judge you based on nothing more than your job.”
Oh, I like her. 
This is the first episode to refer to Jake’s literary talents, foreshadowing his later decision to become a writer/journalist.
“No one on this station is better than anyone else. We are all equal.”
And there we have the message.
Yeah Jake! You brought a girl home. You didn’t bought a girl home.
I’m not. giggle
Our nameless Jem’Hadar is choosing to be what he’s programmed to be. Or is he?
How dare the humanoids fill Odo’s mind with ideas.
Good night, Tarts.
That’s really the question here. He is conditioned on a fundamental level. Even though, he’s told “we’re all equals.” The truth is, he is not.
Given Avery’s intent I think it speaks volumes about our culture. Anyone can become anything they want. This is the land of opportunity.
Is it? Are you saying to me that a child born in a poverty, crime-ridden, drug-poisoned neighborhood has the same chance as a wealthy, gated-community child? They are both going to grow up conditioned by their environments.