William Shatner, a 92-year-old Canadian actor best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s television series Star Trek, has criticized a plan by the European Union to outlaw the famous show-opening line from the series. “To boldly go where no man has gone before,” for the sake of sensibility and gender parity.
The spoken word opening of the original Star Trek: “Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
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In accordance with the first article published by The U.S. Sun, the European Institute for Gender Equality has published a “Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication” with the objective of endorsing gender-neutral language above conventional conventions.
Within the 65-page paper, on page 56, under the title, “Examples of situations where women may be subject to invisibility or omission and alternatives to use,” The Star Trek line is highlighted with a red X by the gender equality organization: “X To boldly go where no man has gone before.” Mandate: “Remove the gendered noun, Use no-one.” New-speak with a green checkmark: “√ To boldly go where no-one has gone before.”
Shatner answered on Twitter for X: “Presentism at work yet again. Why start at Trek? Isn’t it better to start at the beginning and redo foundation material such as the Magna Carta, religious writings, works of Shakespeare before worrying about a silly TV show opening that reflects social commentary of the time? If people are offended by 6 seconds of dialogue recorded in 1966 without a modicum of understanding of the social issues at the time there’s bigger issues that they need to deal with first – like educating themselves.”
Star Trek: The First Season Opening
In response to Shatner, a Trekkie provided a fitting footage of Leonard Nimoy’s First Officer Spock. “Diplomats and bureaucrats may function differently, but they achieve exactly the same results.”
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