#a rare moment for me of

[thethirdromana]

Going from something that I like about DS9 to something that I don't, I think as a fandom we spend far too much time talking about when Sisko punches Q and far too little time talking about the end of 'For the Uniform' when he commits genocide and the episode concludes with him and Dax having a laugh about it.

I mean, part of me is pleased that it's not treated as a canonical character moment for Sisko, so I can continue with my usual strategy of pretending it didn't happen.

But seriously, look at this:

DAX: Benjamin, I'm curious. Your plan to poison the Maquis planets. You didn't clear it with Starfleet first, did you. SISKO: I knew I'd forgotten to do something. DAX: Big gamble. SISKO: That's what it takes to be a good villain. DAX: You know, sometimes I like it when the bad guy wins.

I think the episode wants us to think that Sisko did something a little dubious, a little borderline, but it's basically OK because - to quote his Captain's Log - "The Cardassian and Maquis colonists who were forced to abandon their homes will make new lives for themselves on the planets their counterparts evacuated". It's OK, no one died!

But the reality of forced displacement is horrific, and - to put it mildly - not consistent with Sisko's principles in any other episode, even the ones where he bends the rules. In 'Progress' DS9 suggests that there's a moral dilemma in forcing even one person to leave their home for the benefit of others.

The Encyclopedia Britannica defines ethnic cleansing as:

the attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the deportation or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups

... e.g. making an entire planet unhabitable to its Cardassian population.

The same article notes that in 1992 (five years before 'For the Uniform') the UN declared ethnic cleansing to be a "form of genocide".

But 'For the Uniform' thinks it's roguish and funny. I think this alone might make it my least favourite DS9 episode.

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[arkarti]

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[guardian-angle22]

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[nekrosmos]

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Look at him laying in the zucchinis

[hajihiko]

[drathe]

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[121231212i]

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[majunju]

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[aegisofworms]

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[scintillatingshortgirl19]

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[keylimeart]

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[detectiveposting]

my stages of watching columbo

1: hahah hes just a silly detective ;)

2: columbo is actually a cunning manipulative liar that hides his true persona behind the facade of a slow and clumsy middle class detective

3: hahah hes just a silly detective ;)

[faulyter]

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