It can't hurt to write, anyway. I mean, it worked for Cagney and Lacey.
As I say, the ``dolphin problem'' isn't my complaint, so I hope I'm not badly misrepresenting the ``enslavement'' notion. It seems to be based on the idea -- if he's not taking the tack that Dolphins Can't Be Sentient So Having Them Is Enslaving Them -- that it's impossible to carry water-based species on a spaceship. After all, how would they join security to repel intruders in the corridors? How could they beam down to Planet Vasquez Rocks? How could they push buttons in Phaser Control? How could they get to escape pods if evacuation is needed?
Clearly, it's working from the unimaginative assumption that the dolphin tanks would be some cheap $25.00 vinyl above-ground pool tossed in the middle of a cargo bay and forgotten. It's kind of fun hogpiling on him pointing out that nobody has successfully repelled intruders in the corridors, and that Picard would be helpless if they had to beam down to Planet Aquatica. And that mermaids would look lovely in Original Series-style miniskirts.
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It can't hurt to write, anyway. I mean, it worked for Cagney and Lacey.
As I say, the ``dolphin problem'' isn't my complaint, so I hope I'm not badly misrepresenting the ``enslavement'' notion. It seems to be based on the idea -- if he's not taking the tack that Dolphins Can't Be Sentient So Having Them Is Enslaving Them -- that it's impossible to carry water-based species on a spaceship. After all, how would they join security to repel intruders in the corridors? How could they beam down to Planet Vasquez Rocks? How could they push buttons in Phaser Control? How could they get to escape pods if evacuation is needed?
Clearly, it's working from the unimaginative assumption that the dolphin tanks would be some cheap $25.00 vinyl above-ground pool tossed in the middle of a cargo bay and forgotten. It's kind of fun hogpiling on him pointing out that nobody has successfully repelled intruders in the corridors, and that Picard would be helpless if they had to beam down to Planet Aquatica. And that mermaids would look lovely in Original Series-style miniskirts.