<p>Actor William Shatner scolded members of parliament in the European Union over reports that they planned to address the &#8220;gendered language&#8221; in the iconic introduction to his science fiction fan-favorite television series: &#8220;Star Trek.&#8221;</p>
<p>GB News <a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/eu-news-gender-neutral-language#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported on the initiative</a>, which was apparently inspired by a 61-page document — titled &#8220;Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication&#8221; — which was published by the European Institute for Gender Equality.</p>
<p>In addition to advising against the use of phrases like &#8220;no-man&#8217;s land&#8221; — suggesting &#8220;unclaimed territory&#8221; as an alternative — the document addressed the problematic goals of the Galactic Federation, namely &#8220;to boldly go where no man has gone before.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the group&#8217;s findings, statements such as that one created an environment where &#8220;women may be subject to invisibility or omission.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shatner, who delivered the line as part of the introduction of each &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; episode, was not convinced.</p>
<p>&#8220;Presentism at work yet again,&#8221; Shatner began by registering his complaint about the attempt to apply today&#8217;s values to a show that was created in a very different time and culture.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why start at Trek?&#8221; the actor asked in his X post, suggesting that there were certainly more important historically significant documents that should be addressed first.</p>
<p>&#8220;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?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">😳👇🏻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… <a href="https://t.co/P0okn5rYca">pic.twitter.com/P0okn5rYca</a></p>
<p>&mdash; William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1751999415215141282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>One person responded to Shatner by asking is the EU planned to ban the words of American astronaut Neil Armstrong next.</p>
<p>&#8220;Neil Armstrong must be spinning in his grave … &#8216;One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.&#8217; Will he be canceled for leaving out an &#8216;a&#8217;? Is the word &#8216;mankind&#8217; misogynous? We live in foolish times.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Neil Armstrong must be spinning in his grave…<br />“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.<br />Will he be canceled for leaving out an “a”? Is the word “mankind” misogynous? We live in foolish times.</p>
<p>&mdash; Ry Brooks (@RyBrooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyBrooks/status/1752002671521812770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote>

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