Star Trek inspired licence plate deemed offensive in Manitoba - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;52170691]Star Trek has much more complex rules for time and inter-universal travel than BTTF. I'm not sure what you'r really referring to though.[/QUOTE] It really all depends on the episode and we're talking about the 2009 movie and it's effect on everything before that.

[QUOTE=Sims_doc;52170676]Not true, Their would interact very much with the original star trek timeline and the current. Back to the future 2 explains this best.[/QUOTE] Nope, the Kelvin incident basically created an entirely new reality, in the sense that it's sort of like the Mirror universe, a separate but similar universe to the Prime universe with key differences, said incident with Spock and the Narada coming through also caused ripples throughout spacetime or whatever, even causing subtle differences in events in the Kelvin universes past [I]and[/I] future, causing further subtle divergences. [QUOTE]The alternate reality runs parallel, existing as a quantum reality, to the prime reality, which is where many of the events seen in the Star Trek universe have occurred. According to Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the conceptual invention of the alternate reality allowed the prime reality to continue. The less than simple fact is that time is not linear. Sure, we experience time as a contiguous series of cascading events but perception and reality aren’t always the same thing. Spock’s incursion from the Prime Universe created a multidimensional reality shift. The rift in space/time created an entirely new reality in all directions, top to bottom, from the Big Bang to the end of everything. As such this reality was, is and always will be subtly different from the Prime Universe. [ [/QUOTE] At least that's what the writers for the movies have come up with, either way this nerd fest is a bit off-topic don't you think. :vs:

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;52170473]It's really not. This is more complicated than you as an american might realize. Canadian aboriginals were subjected to literal Assimilation techniques and practices across Canada for much of the 20th century. We were pretty abominable to them. The Government of Manitoba is the one who issues the plate, and the customization of the plate. They revoked the plate for the fairly obvious and surface level link to Canadian history, they likely didn't care, and don't intend to care about the Star Trek reference, they're more concerend with being a provincial government and not seemingly discriminating. With that being said, as much as I understand the revoking of the plate, I don't agree with the situation that can allow literally 2 people to complain and effect how someone elses life goes on.[/QUOTE] Re-read my comment, and try again. As "an american", I understand the connotations that surround [URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools]the word "assimilation", especially pertaining to native american cultures.[/URL] You "corrected" me, and then proceeded to repeat exactly what I said. I said that the government didn't care that it was a Star Trek reference, merely that it was reported as offensive. And with 33 million motor vehicles registered in Canada, I think it's forgivable that some trekkie lost his license plate because some $12/h government employee checked a box on some form in response to a complaint.

Meanwhile, I went to highschool with a student who drove a car that had 'BEANERZ' on their license plate and didn't get in trouble.

I think it's time we all started sipping the kool-aid boys

[QUOTE=Hat-Wearing Man;52169793]This is both witty and pertinent to the owner and I fail to see a problem with it[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1fmHcBIQ50[/media] Unfortunate but it's pretty obvious how it can be misunderstood.

What a weird world we live in, where you have to be careful over what singular, apolitical, non-offensive words you put on your car. Worse yet, gotta make sure the wildly-popular franchise you're referencing isn't being currently considered racist or something.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;52169749]The fact that the guy's last name is Troller is probably the best thing about this whole story. Oh, do go and fuck yourself.[/QUOTE] I love that phrase "Do go and fuck yourself" It's like Go Fuck Yourself but said as a polite suggestion or something

For all the people thinking it's understandable to get offended by this,it says "We are the borg" and "resistance is futile" on the top and bottom,that alone should make it obvious that it's a refrence to a tv show,but no the plate used a scary verb and that's the only thing that matters ahhhh!

This is so monumentally stupid I honestly don't know what to say. If you can't understand context or a reference, but get offended because part of this upset you, you need to sort out your priorities.

It's funny how it's never mentioned whether or not it was Aboriginals who made the complaint. Wanna bet it's a couple of mid-20s white girls who have never seen Star Trek in their lives?

If Star Trek license plates are offensive, please ban all those "God is great" license plates, they offend me and my lack of a religion. /s

It's 2017 how do we still have borgophobes.

[QUOTE=ChicagoMobster;52169907]Reminds me of the episode of futurama where there's a ban on all things related to Star Trek[/QUOTE] Do you mean the Star Wars Trek: the massive migration of Star Wars fans to their holy sites?

This is ludicrous - it's like a mathematician having an "Integr8" plate and then being told to remove it because it could be seen as a jibe at immigrants or something. What the hell, I think I'll do this when I get there just to see what happens. :v:

Reminds me of the quagmire that was the Top Gear Falkland Islands fiasco.