The only Star Trek that I have ever watched was the original series, most of it when it first was broadcast. It's a fairly transparent allegory of US liberal interventionism, and presents an opt… (View Post)

Didn't Kirk seriously wound the Gorn (though showed mercy and refused to kill) by constructing a gun out of bamboo like plants and home made gunpowder? Therefore not unarmed. (View Post)

Yes, that's how some of my ancestors got to Australia, though from a bit further North on Speyside. (View Post)

All it takes is one intelligent man, to discern what the conflict is, and to resolve it. Gorillas are by nature gentle vegetarians and only violent if threatened. Otherwise we are dealing with 101 ap… (View Post)

That's typical Starmerism. A policy announced, but no resources to deliver it. We get the same in the NHS all the time. In any case isn't it the elected PCC that is responsible for setting … (View Post)