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Every episode in Star Trek Voyager stimulates my thought process. One of the episodes I recently watched revolves around the crew's visit to a planet in delta quadrant (70,000 light years away from earth). One of the crew members Balenna has a violent thought of hitting a man after he collided on her accidentally. The crew member is arrested for the crime of thinking violent, and she is given a corrective punishment of purging her memory, which can possibly damage all of her memories and her normal brain functions. She is charged with the 'cause' of a murder as her violent thought is believed to have caused a murder of a young woman by a man who is usually a calm fellow. Ballena's protest to this punishment, the investigation of the tactical officer of voyager, Mr.Tunok, on the events that triggered the murder, Captain Janeway's handling the situation with full respect to the customs and laws of the land they visited; yet working to have her crew un-harmed, the shock that the society experiences on witnessing a crime after decades - all makes the episode a 'must return and watch' item.

I was amazed by the creativity of the script writer(s) for voyager truly. This theme also helped me spin a few thoughts.

1. The desire of some people to protect by controlling, more often violates individual rights of others. Say if there a situation arises where everyone can telepathically connect to each other, Will the thoughts of others be considered equivalent to speeches now and people would further stricter actions than now, out of suspicion, in the current society of ours?

2. In the story described - what is the role of free will?

3. Is experiencing negative or violent thoughts needed for one's development/evolution?

4. In a world there is no violent thoughts, how will peace be felt and interpreted?

I am still exploring answers to these questions. I hope this intrigues you too.

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