# msmith537 gives his $0.02 regarding all things Trek **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith537-gives-his-0-02-regarding-all-things-trek/224858 "2004-01-16T23:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith537-gives-his-0-02-regarding-all-things-trek/224858/41 "2004-07-25T02:19:08Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I suggest you watch some more DS9, **msmith**. It has things like real character arcs, conflicts, political intrigue, and interesting aliens (especially Garak, Dukat, Weyoun and Kai Winn.) Hey, the only thing DS9 showed me that a black man has no place in this mans Federation since the best he can hope for is becomming administrator of some far-flung outpost and captain of a ship which appears to be the spacefaring equivalent of a Vietnam era PBR patrol boat compared to the Enterprise or Voyager. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith537-gives-his-0-02-regarding-all-things-trek/224858/42 "2004-07-25T03:53:34Z")
Been brooding on this for awhile? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith537-gives-his-0-02-regarding-all-things-trek/224858/43 "2004-07-25T05:54:57Z")
If you think DS9 is some unimportant backwater assignment and that the Defiant is a PT Boat(?!) then you have obviously didn’t watch or rather, pay attention to, the show often, if at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msmith537-gives-his-0-02-regarding-all-things-trek/224858.md?page=2)