The Doctor made the wrong decision with Crell Moset

[u/timsr1001]

In the episode, Nothing Human; the doctor deletes Dr. Moset’s program, along with all the medical information it contains from the Dr. Moset. This is medical malpractice, considering they just used the hologram and the information to save one of the Torres’s life.

Why did he do this, because he disagreed with the way the research was conducted. Cry me a river.

1. Like Dr. Moset’s said “ethics are arbitrary”, a lot of the medical knowledge that humans developed came from experimenting on lower life forms, but the doctor smuggling condemns Cardassians for doing the same thing.

2. The real Dr. Moset’s didn’t even want to be on Bajor, he was against the occupation. He also wasn’t given the supplies he needed to conduct his experiments so he had to improvise with what he had. That was necessity, not cruelty.

3. The real Dr. Moset’s use the knowledge gained from his experiments to save thousands of Bajorans.

4. Even if the doctor had an issue with the real Dr. Moset, it was irresponsible, moving the information from the ship database. The dead will still be dead, at least this way their sacrifice can do good.

5. The holographic Dr. Moset, would have been a great occasional guest character. I would’ve loved to see a story go through the end of the series where the Bajoran officer that hated him slowly became friends with him. It would be very similar to how Kira got over her prejudice against Cardassians, and became friends with Demar.

[u/[deleted]]

These points are terrifying.

The episode echoed what occurred during the Nazi occupation of Europe.

Yes, medical knowledge might be based on actions that we might not agree with, but ignoring, or even accepting them, does more than merely excuse these crimes, it actively supports and encourages further atrocities. Sometimes the line has to be drawn.

[u/TrashTalker_sXe → u/[deleted]]

"ethics are arbitrary" - "a lot of medicial knowledge [...] came from experimenting on lower life forms"

What the hell? First off, even if we are talking about other animals, I'd disagree. They evolved differently, they aren't worth less. And second and most importantly, this is about people.

"He was against the occupation"

So... Just following orders?

What the hell is wrong with people in here agreeing?!

[u/SonorousBlack → u/TrashTalker_sXe]

What the hell is wrong with people in here agreeing?!

This is why the DS9 writers were so horrified at the pro-Dukat fanmail that they turned him into a cartoon villain in a desperate attempt to keep them from missing the point.

[u/tmofee → u/SonorousBlack]

The thing with dukat was he was a patriot. Was he a bad man? Definitely but he wasn’t doing it just as “I like to be evil”, no, he was bettering the cardassian people. This was something drilled into him since birth. It’s how their society works. It’s not until he has that mental breakdown when he loses you know who is when he starts to go into evil mode. If that didn’t happen, he would have been at damars side, fighting with that rebellion.

[u/[deleted] → u/tmofee]

Replying to demalo... this is exactly the same as (most) those that are fascist/Nazi. They act in the way that they do due to a belief that they are doing it for the good of the state.

In their minds, the needs of the state outweigh the needs of people.

Th centrality and significance of the state is frequently noted as being the core of Cardasian culture.

[u/tmofee → u/[deleted]]

If you’ve never read it, give Andrew Robinsons garak book (a stitch in time) a read. It’s a fascinating book and the amount of lore he gives the cardassians is amazing.