The Prime Directive

Saturday, I went to see Star Trek. This remake shockingly pleased me, as after the things I heard about Wolverine, I set my expectations low. The casting incredible, the plot great, and the effects were KEY for this film. This movie is the best of all Star Trek movies in my opinion, and I would recommend this to everyone unless you don’t like sci-fi, and if you don’t see it, commit Plaxicocide immediately! What’s my point? Well this movie made me remember how this show juxtaposes different cultural, racial, and gender specific aspects of our own society and uses aliens and different situations to explore these issues. One code that the Federation upholds is the Prime Directive. This rule explicitly states the following:

As the right of each sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural evolution is considered sacred, no Starfleet personnel may interfere with the normal and healthy development of alien life and culture. Such interference includes introducing superior knowledge, strength, or technology to a world whose society is incapable of handling such advantages wisely.

Basically, since many worlds Kirk and company travel to don’t have the same capabilities and advancements as the Federation, they cannot interfere in that world and races natural evolution as a society, at any costs. I immediately identified with this notion, because I employ my own Prime Directive when it comes to friends and relationships. Consider the following scenario...

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