Emancipation (103)

[maneth]

Better than I remembered, that's for sure.

[Claire98909]

Was Carter's change of clothing (from the fancy blue dress to the drab brown bag) supposed to imply that Turghan had not waited to "partake" in his purchase (i.e. her blue dress had been torn off)?

[hedwig]

Was Carter's change of clothing (from the fancy blue dress to the drab brown bag) supposed to imply that Turghan had not waited to "partake" in his purchase (i.e. her blue dress had been torn off)?

That's for the viewer to decide. One might think that he actually did beat her, in which case the dress would have been removed. Or it might be that Turghan thought he'd humiliate her by making her wear less fancy clothing, not realizing that she really, really did not like that blue dress.

[Falcon Horus]

The blue dress of doom with the fancy head dress.

One of Carter's finer moments...

[Claire98909]

That's for the viewer to decide. One might think that he actually did beat her, in which case the dress would have been removed. Or it might be that Turghan thought he'd humiliate her by making her wear less fancy clothing, not realizing that she really, really did not like that blue dress.

I'm not talking about beating, I'm talking about the "r" word. I think it's likely that he beat her.

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Claire, there is no indication in any episode at any time that Carter was raped (I assume that's the r word you meant, and why didn't you just say so?) in this or any other episode. Certainly, it's possible he tried and her resistance led to the beating.

Seaboe

[Anja]

Equality, in my opinion, is like utopia. It doesn't exist...

In my opinion equality is like dystopia - it's the differences that count and make life interesting.

[Falcon Horus]

In my opinion equality is like dystopia - it's the differences that count and make life interesting.

You clearly have never felt the sting of inequality...

[jelgate]

I think everyone has felt some kind of inequality

[Falcon Horus]

I think everyone has felt some kind of inequality

You'd think so, and I certainly didn't find it making my life more interesting. Interesting is certainly not the word I'd use.

[jelgate]

I would never find it interesting

[Anja]

You clearly have never felt the sting of inequality...

Oh, I think I have, everybody has. Unless you have accompanied me for the last 50 years how do you know what I have felt??

[Falcon Horus]

Oh, I think I have, everybody has. Unless you have accompanied me for the last 50 years how do you know what I have felt??

By ways of what you say... We may not see each other but everybody builds a picture on what the person might be like, or look like (although in some cases that could lead to many surprising revelations).

You state that equality is a dystopia, and makes life diverse and interesting. And I interpret that as you have not been in a position of inequality or you wouldn't say it like that. Inequality doesn't make life diverse or interesting, it's far from interesting. Diverse yes, perhaps, but definitely not interesting for those on the not-equal side.

[Lunaeclipse]

...lack of equality eats away at hope, happiness and a number of other things when it goes deep... this to me, is not interesting either, it's heartbreaking.

[Anja]

By ways of what you say... We may not see each other but everybody builds a picture on what the person might be like, or look like (although in some cases that could lead to many surprising revelations).

You state that equality is a dystopia, and makes life diverse and interesting. And I interpret that as you have not been in a position of inequality or you wouldn't say it like that. Inequality doesn't make life diverse or interesting, it's far from interesting. Diverse yes, perhaps, but definitely not interesting for those on the not-equal side.

I think 'inequality' is missing in your first line of the second paragraph, I don't speak of torture or discrimination, I speak of natural inequality so that we never meet Huxley's visions.