User blog:Bookworm1138/The Federation: Good or Bad?

That was the question I asked myself when I began to delve seriously into Star Trek canon as I began writing the first draft that would become Star Trek: Conflict. Originally, I had intended to make it, like all Star Treks, a social commentary on our current position: I originally wanted to have a race of aliens who were fanatically religious to declare a "holy war" on the Federation. However, I soon discovered that this could not be an adequate commentary since the Federation abolished all of Earth's religions, and a social commentary of this kind would destroy my purpose since it would be pitting a fanatically religious alien race against atheism, which would only cause people to hate religion all the more.

So I decided to restructure my story. As I continued my research, I began unearthing a LOT of evidence from Star Trek canon that proved my point even further.

So I give the question to you, now, to answer it according to your abilities: is the Federation good or bad? Bookworm1138 13:11, September 24, 2009 (UTC)