charonn0

Ha. An Android phone.

Or just watch DS9.

Symbiosis: The crew must mediate between a planet of addicts and another planet of dealers.

Loud as a Whisper: The crew are ferrying a famous mediator to a warzone, but after his aides are killed the crew must step in.

The Vengeance Factor: The crew must mediate between the queen of a planet and a group of rebels who left the planet 100 years ago

The Price: The crew host negotiations for control of a wormhole

The Outrageous Okona: The crew rescue a charming rogue, but two angry fathers show up looking for him.

Too Short a Season: The crew deals with the ramifications of a badly botched diplomatic negotiation that was handled decades earlier by the guest-starring badmiral.

I don't think you understand what "mass murder" means.

But that’s not what it means to the public

I know that. That's why I'm saying something.

Maybe Sean Spicer will take the job back? Someone check the bushes.

It seems like you're advocating mass murder.

I'm saying that the bombing, etc. of Nazi Germany was a justifiable level of force under the circumstances. I'm splitting hairs and making a big deal over the difference between "force" and "violence". I think it's important to know exactly where that line is so as to avoid stepping over it, so I'm not just being intransigent and clinging to a minor point here.

The guillotine symbolizes to me a clear stepping over of the line from justified force to mob violence. And I think we would be better off if everyone shared my opinion.

It looks like you ninja-edited in the second part of your comment. I was responding to the original that only had quotes of prior comments and nothing else.

was it a mistake to bomb, kill, and invade nazi Germany?

No. But it would be a mistake to start bombing political rallies today, for example.

I don't feel like you're putting in the same effort I am in having a sincere discussion.

revolting against the rich

But a guillotine is not a weapon of war. It's not even something that the powerless can use against the powerful. Quite the opposite, actually.

Which makes the guillotine is a terrible symbol for a revolution. Not only is the symbolism ahistorical, but the actual history directly contradicts the supposed symbolism. The modern people who invoke the guillotine as a symbol of revolution are making the exact same mistake that the French Revolutionaries made.

So why not use a symbol from a successful example? Why use a symbol from an example we should avoid repeating at almost any cost? I think it's because most people see the guillotine as a symbol for retribution against the ruling class.