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Did Sisko make the right decision in S02 EP05 Cardassians? [Spoilers for this episode!] (piefed.world)
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For context, Rugal was the young Cardassian boy raised by Bajoran parents. Sisko is deliberating between sending Rugal back to Cardassia to live with his biological father when Rugal wishes to remain on Bajor with his adoptive parents. Sisko decides to send the boy to Cardassia to live with his biological father who he doesn't love or remember. What the fuck Sisko? It's a completely ass backward decision on his part, if you ask me which of course you don't. Poor Rugal.

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

somehow, there doesn’t appear to be a legal system with a metal sphere gavel and the social worker from Mrs Doubtfire presiding just yet

The adoptive and biological parents couldn't decide on which planet's law should apply, and mutually agreed to Sisko as a mediator. Which seems questionable, but at least they addressed it, I suppose.

And yeah, there are no winners here, but all other things being equal, it probably should be policy to return children to their birth families.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    And the birth father seemed like a genuinely loving person, not some monster. It’s not as if that were a part of the controversy.

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