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Happy 46th birthday, "Star Trek"!!!
robpivarnik
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Forty-six years ago tonight, my dad and I sat in front of the big ol' black-and-white console TV. If you're old enough, you know the one: not only did you have to GET UP to change the channel, you had to use the pliers because the TRIBBLE had long since disappeared.
I took one look at Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future and never looked back. A future where intolerance and selfishness had been replaced by acceptance and cooperation appealed to a kid who was bullied daily and was part of a family that was peppered with racists.
1966: I lived in the suburbs. It would still be six years before I actually met a brown-skinned person... in person. But the respect that was shown to Uhura and Sulu and Dr. M'Benga by their crewmates helped a precocious little mutant (yours truly) see that it was my closed-minded relatives who were the ignorant ones. I was thus spared an indoctrination to a lifetime mindset of hate.
The concept of IDIC may have been a fictional construct at first, but it has become a philosophy which I have tried to live by, and has shown me more truth than any of the various religions I have studied and/or practiced. By keeping my heart and mind open to different cultures, I've had experiences with food, travel, friendship, and love that I would have otherwise missed, but will now cherish for all of my days.
So, to everyone who has EVER had anything to do with The Great Bird of the Galaxy and his legacy...
Qapla'! Peace and long life. Thank you. I love you. And happy anniversary.
I took one look at Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future and never looked back. A future where intolerance and selfishness had been replaced by acceptance and cooperation appealed to a kid who was bullied daily and was part of a family that was peppered with racists.
1966: I lived in the suburbs. It would still be six years before I actually met a brown-skinned person... in person. But the respect that was shown to Uhura and Sulu and Dr. M'Benga by their crewmates helped a precocious little mutant (yours truly) see that it was my closed-minded relatives who were the ignorant ones. I was thus spared an indoctrination to a lifetime mindset of hate.
The concept of IDIC may have been a fictional construct at first, but it has become a philosophy which I have tried to live by, and has shown me more truth than any of the various religions I have studied and/or practiced. By keeping my heart and mind open to different cultures, I've had experiences with food, travel, friendship, and love that I would have otherwise missed, but will now cherish for all of my days.
So, to everyone who has EVER had anything to do with The Great Bird of the Galaxy and his legacy...
Qapla'! Peace and long life. Thank you. I love you. And happy anniversary.
Un ami est quelqu'un qui te connait bien, mais t'aime quand meme.
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I remember watching TOS on TV as reruns. Then when TNG came out I watched it when it came on. Since then I watched all the shows as they came out til the end. Movies I didn't see most of them until they came out on VHS. Until later on as my parents didn't have the $ for many movie trips.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Happy Forty-Sixth Anniversary, Star Trek!
May the future hold kindness towards us all.
Keep on Trekkin'!
Still Trekkin after a solid 46 years!
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
When I got a little older, it came on in reruns every afternoon when I got home from school, and the only thing that would keep me in bed for a nap was if I was allowed to watch Star Trek. The next day I would regale my fellow kindergarteners with tales of the previous day's rerun. I would make phasers out of cardboard and when my friends wanted to play cops and robbers, I always suggested starfleet and klingons instead. I got sent to the principal's office once in first grade because the teacher thought "asteroid" was a dirty word.
Star Trek has been a huge part of my life since literally its beginning. It will never stop until that life stops; and if there is anything beyond this life, I hope it includes access to Trekkies, because they're my people.