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Trekker Under Cover at Slate?

05.09.09 -- 9:24PM

In what seem to be the very good reviews for the new Star Trek movie, there's been discussion of a scene that perhaps alludes to our current public discussion of torture. Juliet Lapidos has a nice piece up at Slate on an episode for Star Trek TNG that focused on the power, degradation and ineffectiveness of the practice.

(It's a good episode; have to crack out that DVD.)

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