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Subj : Re: The big picture
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.tv.firefly
From : ToolPackinMama
Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 03:46:51

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

Bozo the Evil Klown wrote:

> Difference is that joining the UFP is voluntary.  The Alliance will
> *force* you to join, at gunpoint, over your own dead body if need be.

Well, that's THEIR side of the story...  ;)
> 
> Also the Federation (especially TOS-era) was decidedly idealistic: No
> secret evil experiments on someone's sister.

Granted.
> 
> Ironically, the Federation would allow you greater individuality than
> the jack-booted "unity" forced on you by the Alliance.

True:  The UFP was all about appreciating and fostering diversity, for 
one thing.  IMHO Firefly's "Alliance" is (like the Borg) all about 
erasing/absorbing _uniqueness_.

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