civilization vs. savagery theme
The question of what can be called "civilized" and what, by contrast, is to be denounced as "savage" is discussed.
28 total · 7 choice · 14 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng1x01/02 | choice | Federation savage according to Q; Picard begs to differ |
| tng1x05 | choice | civilized Federation vs. savage Ferengi |
| tng3x09 | choice | refined Acamarians vs. barberous gatherers |
| tos1x19 | choice | Kirk assumed the Gorn were a savage race but they had reasons for attacking Cestus III |
| tos1x27 | choice | Organians saw Federation and Klingons as about equally barberous |
| tos2x25 | choice | Yangs vs. Kohms |
| tos3x02 | choice | Elasian savagery vs. Troyian civilization |
| ds94x08 | major | Humans were savages with nuclear weapons and cigarettes from the point of view of the Ferengi |
| movie: A Trip to Mars (1918) | major | Avanti Planetaros and his expedition party (and Earthling by extension) were seen as primitive and violent savages by the comparatively highly advanced Martian civilization they encountered on Mars. |
| movie: Dersu Uzala (1975) | major | the story compared the soldiers' way of life with that of Dersu the itinerant hunter |