Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3x06 The Abandoned

[BadgerSpoon]

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.

Of course, the unintended message in this case is that violent people are defined by their genes and they can’t overcome the racial programming that separates them from the rest of us.

Which is exactly the wrong message from what they planned.

[frakkintalos]

Of course, the unintended message in this case is that violent people are defined by their genes and they can’t overcome the racial programming that separates them from the rest of us.

Which is exactly the wrong message from what they planned.

Not necessarily. We understand that the Jem-Hadar is conditioned and we wonder what he would be like if that conditioning was removed. He was made by a culture. Perhaps he could be unmade by another culture.

Hey! I got an idea, Mortimer! Want to bet a dollar?

[BadgerSpoon]

Not necessarily. We understand that the Jem-Hadar is conditioned and we wonder what he would be like if that conditioning was removed. He was made by a culture. Perhaps he could be unmade by another culture.

But that’s the entire point. There was no cultural influence. We saw his entire life. He was inherently what he was.

Hey! I got an idea, Mortimer! Want to bet a dollar?

Heh.