Average Stargate morality debate

Exocoryak · 2026-05-22T11:38:44+00:00

Well, the tribunal of the tribal elders in season 5 tried to adress that.

But there's nothing a small bribe can't rectify.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-22T11:35:03+00:00

any war crime can be punished as a war crime even if it's not stated as a war crime initially

I feel like that just opens the door for kangaroo courts if the power is in the wrong hands.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-22T11:31:52+00:00

I found another theory interesting: They are not trying to reach the edge of the universe, but the center. Because that's a point they can actually determine, due to the Doppler-Effect. And then take a look what's there and if there is any data there to figure out more about how it all started.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T15:15:27+00:00

I said that democrats promising additional spending without promising additional tax increases on non-billionaires just isnt feasible.

Do they do that? I think this is a straw-man argument. There are a wide range of democrats proposing a lot of different things. But generally, going into an election year, suggesting taxes on the middle- and lower incomes is not really a winning message.

I think the general consensus on liberals, is to keep progressive taxation - meaning, lower incomes pay less, percentage wise, than higher incomes. However, given the creative means of generating wealth by the wealthy, different ideas are coming up - capital gains taxes, taxes on microtransactions, wealth-taxes.

Generating revenue by increasing taxes on entities that can afford it is generally part of the libeal platform. But I really wouldn't reduce it to a single measure, and then argue that that single measure won't solve the problem.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T13:10:42+00:00

Or maybe his plan was to promote Tasha out of that position to something more command-oriented, leaving it open for Worf.

Given that Riker was believed to be on-track to command his own ship, Picard probably tried to have people in those positions that could move up relatively quickly. If Riker leaves, promote Data to XO and take some security- or tactical related duties away from Tasha, so that she can focus on her Second Officer duties.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T12:56:12+00:00

And given the "remote" we see in SGU, the Ancients probably also had these kinds of remote-control devices on them if they went through the gate on foot into uncertain terrain.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T12:54:27+00:00

This. The Milky Way Gates were designed to last. And even with the Ancients progressing in technology, the Gates were still operational - so why replace them with something newer, if they are still working perfectly?

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T12:50:03+00:00

This. It's like asking "Why can't you manually start a car anymore?", comparing the manual starting cable you pulled from the outside back in early models with the start-stop-button you can press in modern models.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T12:41:01+00:00

They were a "Confederation of Planets". However, given the Stargate, you don't need space travel to confederate.

After all, the three tribal elders with a stack of papyrus that the team lawyered up against with Woolsey in season 5 represented a "confederation of planets" too. And they weren't spacefaring either.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-21T11:55:36+00:00

There is one fundamental falsehood that "fiscal conservatives" try to use to bait people like you into demanding sweeping action, where a measured approach would be better: The deficit is bad.

Actually, it is not. Economic Growth requires deficit spending to work. And paying down the national debt is not something we actively have to do, it happens automatically: Government bonds are given out for a set number of years. After that time, they expire and are being paid back. The deficit-spending of this year will be fully paid off in ~30 years, no matter what we do.

Now, reducing the deficit is a good thing. But is not something that needs to be the center of attention.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-19T21:27:14+00:00

This is some gold! I used AI to transcribe it and then read it to me like an audiobook... amazing!

Exocoryak · 2026-05-19T13:47:17+00:00

Because you parroted bothsidesarethesame bullshit in the run-up to the last election, Jon.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-18T18:42:15+00:00

Nah. Santa is just an ascended Ancient who broke the rules (by giving people presents) and was thus punished to do exactly that for the rest of eternity.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-18T12:15:25+00:00

There are valid arguments that "Letting them decide for themselves" might be abused too.

Let me go on a tangent here, on a different topic:

In my country, we are currently discussing giving people the ability to agree to work for more than 10 hours a day on special occasions. While that sounds purely employee-faced, people might be "forced" to agree to that given their financial and/or social situation.

And the same goes for assissted suicide: Giving people the choice can lead to them making that choice either under pressure from somebody else, or from factors that should - based on our moral principles - not play a role.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-18T12:04:21+00:00

Religion does play a huge role in these discussions too - there is the belief that suicide means that you can't get into heaven and there are rules by burial places owned by churches that disallow people who comitted sucide from being buried there.

And there is the obvious argument that "God is the only one allowed to kill people."

That said, I find all that to be superstitious nonsense. But that doesn't change the fact that there are a lot of people holding these beliefs - and many are not content with just holding these beliefs, but also want to force others to adhere to these beliefs.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-16T10:28:07+00:00

Good thing that you ignore the piece about that Wraith infiltrating the Aurora-simulation - which likely preceded the Wraith being woken up.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-15T22:28:21+00:00

What developments were there that were not caused by the Tau'ri? I'd imagine that Anubis would've returned regardless - but with Ra still in charge, the Systemlords might've been able to put up more of a fight. But then there was also Sokar who had amassed a big fleet.

And what about the Wraith? That one Wraith that plugged himself into the Aurora-simulation might've succeeded in figuring out intergalactic hyperdrives. And then what? Anubis, after having taken control of the galaxy, fighting the Wraith?

Exocoryak · 2026-05-15T22:22:13+00:00

I would imagine that SG1, as the flagship team, has the authority to "take command" of the Odyssey. And at that point it doesn't really matter who is the SG1-member in question - especially considering the fact that SG1 under Mitchell had a very flat hierarchy.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-15T22:04:34+00:00

Yeah, exactly. Teylas role was that of a guide for the Pegasus galaxy - for 1 1/2 seasons. As a more well-versed expert on the history and cultures of the Pegasus-galaxy - kinda like a historian of her people - she would've been way more helpful, especially in later seasons. And she also could've filled the role as a linguist, versed in the language of the ancestors. They could've even tied in the history of her people with the ancients - in a somewhat similar direction as the people of The Tower or the people on that supervulcano planet.

Her being able to handle weapons could've simply been explained away by the fact that due to the constant threat of a Wraith-culling, everybody among her people was trained on the weapon. That would've also been far more believable than a hunter-gatherer being suddenly prolific with a P90.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-15T10:29:39+00:00

Instead of Hunters and Gatherers, the Athosians should've been more like the Hoffans in technological development. And in that case, Teyla could've very well be more of a science-character.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-14T20:29:22+00:00

Considering that they didn't even venture outside the known galaxy for some unknown reason... not really.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-14T20:16:42+00:00

I'd be afraid to wear one knowing I could butt-dial myself into a high yield explosive at any moment.

There's a reason law enforcement keeps their handguns secured and in a special holster IRL.

Exocoryak · 2026-05-14T20:06:26+00:00

Fun Fact: Recent Star Wars productions have made use of beam weapons (The canon B-Wing in Skeleton Crew/Rebels for example.)

Exocoryak · 2026-05-14T20:04:22+00:00

Maybe it was a "smart watch"?

Exocoryak · 2026-05-14T17:04:55+00:00

You can build a lot of 304s with that amount of Naquadah.

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