Note: These are my opinions. You don't have to agree
with me, although I know alot of people do.
Does it seem reasonable to anyone, ANYONE, that Janeway
demoted Tom and gave him thirty days in the brig for not
obeying her and breaking the Prime Directive, and yet
when Harry did the same thing (different situation, same
behavior) all he got was a lecture about how disappointed
Janeway was in him? How could this possibly be considered
fair treatment of her crew?!
In my opinion, Janeway's playing favorites and using the
past behavior of Tom and Harry to make her judgements.
Don't try to tell me that she doesn't, because I won't
believe it, and you shouldn't be deluding yourself. The
DEAR captain got tiffed because Tom, whom she made a
personal "project" at the end of "Caretaker", made a big
mistake. But Harry, who's never given her a moment of
trouble, is suddenly breaking the rules, but since he's
so "perfect" (in other words, dull) he gets off a whole
hell of a lot lighter than Tom.
Where is the Captain's sense of right here? Did she let
it go flying out of the closest air lock? It seems that
way to me. And why is she forgetting the several times
SHE has at LEAST bent the PD. She has, don't deny it.
So she managed to make excuses to herself and the rest of
the crew. So what? That doesn't make some of the things
she's done any better than what Tom and Harry did. Do
we all remember 8472? What gave her the right to help
destroy them in Borg space? Wasn't that breaking the PD?
She interferred with the natural developement of an area
of space, Borg space, to be exact. The PD specifically
states that that is wrong, you shouldn't do it. So why
did she? Hmmmmmmm?
I blame this on Kat, LOL, Brighteyes, and Dana, who were
doing similar rants a while back.
