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Turns out he's technically underaged. They're on the look out for Yar and Guinan. (startrek.website)

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[–] Chunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You absolutely must watch this episode https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) the entire premise is that Picard provides a legal defense for the personhood of Data. The episode is literally a court case and it is one of the most well received episodes.

I think your slavery analogy holds. I don't think the Federation believes Data can be a slave because they don't believe he is sentient. But they do pick and choose how to apply their legal code to Data.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the responses. Also, of course the federation is not consistent with their own laws.