"The European Union has just run crosswise with Captain James T. Kirk, and by any measure the Captain is right to blast Europe’s left-wing, nanny state, cancel culture, loons for their latest 'diversity' move.
"This week, news broke that the EU — which apparently stands for Entirely Useless — is looking to make the world safe from evil 'gendered' words, like man, male, guys, and anything testosterone related, The Telegraph reported.
"This impinges directly on one of Captain Kirk’s most famous lines, the one that serves as the opening monologue to the famed 1966 series, 'Star Trek.'
"TV viewers and sci fi fans everywhere will recall that the iconic TV series starts out with views of the Starship Enterprise zooming across the screen as Captain Kirk intones 'Space, the final frontier,' and ends his soliloquy with 'to boldly go where no man has gone before.'
"But the EU is suddenly all shook up over that evil word “man” and is now sending out its royal edict that the word should henceforth be banned from use.
"According to the Telegraph, “The classic ”Star Trek’ line, ‘To boldly go where no man has gone before,’ is also cited as an example where ‘women may be subject to invisibility or omission.'
"William Shatner, who briefly actually reached space during a Blue Origin flight in 2021, is the man who so ably portrayed Captain James T. Kirk, and he is not amused.
"With news of the new authoritarian mandate, Shatner, who often blasts the childish, left-wing, social justice warrior trolls online, jumped to his X account to blast the legislators.
“'Presentism at work yet again,' he said in his Monday post.
“'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?' he asked as logically as any Vulcan would.
"'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,' Shatner pointedly concluded."
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'Hooray for him and for common sense!
The way I see it, if you want to change your own language, go right ahead. But don't tell the rest of us what words to use, and stop censoring books and entertainment just because you are "offended" by inoffensive words.
And again I have to wonder: Doesn't the EU and these annoying language police have anything better to do with their time?
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