Asia's slaves

[pieter]

[JustJohn or JJ]

Slavery, in this day and age, is a indication that mankind has not learned many lessons yet. Sexual slavery is particularly abhorrent
as it degrades the gender, person and participants.

Someday, God granted, we will be able to respect our fellow human beings no matter what gender, race, creed or financial condition.

You know, a society based on the series and movies 'Star Trek' doesn't sound all that bad.

[pieter]

I agree with you John! I always saw 'the Federation' as Future USA in Space, probably linked to other Western and world states.

Gene Roddenberry wanted Star Trek to show humanity what it might develop into, if only it would learn from the lessons of the past, most specifically by ending violence.

Most Star Trek stories depict the adventures of humans and aliens who serve in Starfleet, the space-borne humanitarian and peacekeeping armada of the United Federation of Planets. The protagonists have altruistic values, and must apply these ideals to difficult dilemmas.

Issues depicted in the various series include war and peace, the value of personal loyalty, authoritarianism, imperialism, class warfare, economics, racism, religion, human rights, sexism, feminism, and the role of technology.

'Star Trek' show is noted for its progressive civil rights stances. The original series included one of television's first multiracial casts, and the first televised inter-racial kiss. In his role as Kirk, William Shatner famously kissed actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) in the 22 November 1968 Star Trek episode, "Plato's Stepchildren". The episode is popularly cited as the first example of an interracial kiss between a white man and a black woman on scripted television in the United States.





United Federation of Planets



The United Federation of Planets, usually referred to as "The Federation", is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures. In those episodes and films, the Federation is described as an interstellar federal polity with, as of the year 2373, more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies spread across 8,000 light years of the Milky Way Galaxy and taking the form of a post-capitalist liberal democracy and constitutional republic. It has also been described as a utopian socialist society. The Federation is described as stressing, at least nominally, the values of universal liberty, equality, justice, peace and cooperation. The Federation also maintains its own quasi-militaristic and scientific exploratory agency, known as Starfleet (also written as "Star Fleet" in some texts). Starfleet is seen handling many other governmental processes, sometimes with no other agency's influence, such as border defense, diplomatic envoy and has seen extensive use as an offensive military force just to name a few instances.