Lt Cmdr. Data: Sir, I am finding it difficult to understand many aspects of Ansata conduct. Much of their behavior would be defined by my programme as unnecessary and unacceptable. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: By my programme as well, Data. Lt Cmdr. Data: But if that is so, Captain, why are their methods so often successful? I've been reviewing the history of armed rebellion, and it appears that terrorism is an effective way to promote political change. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, it can be. But I have never subscribed to the theory that political power flows from the barrel of a gun. Lt Cmdr. Data: Yet there are numerous examples when it was successful: the independence of the Mexican state from Spain, the Irish Unification of 2024, and the Kenzie Rebellion. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, I am aware of them. Lt Cmdr. Data: Then would it be accurate to say that terrorism is acceptable, when all options for peaceful settlement have been foreclosed? Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Data, these are questions that mankind has been struggling with throughout history. Your confusion is… only Human.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Lt Cmdr. Data: Sir, I am finding it difficult to understand many aspects of Ansata conduct. Much of their behavior would be defined by my programme as unnecessary and unacceptable. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: By my programme as well, Data. Lt Cmdr. Data: But if that is so, Captain, why are their methods so often successful? I've been reviewing the history of armed rebellion, and it appears that terrorism is an effective way to promote political change. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, it can be. But I have never subscribed to the theory that political power flows from the barrel of a gun. Lt Cmdr. Data: Yet there are numerous examples when it was successful: the independence of the Mexican state from Spain, the Irish Unification of 2024, and the Kenzie Rebellion. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Yes, I am aware of them. Lt Cmdr. Data: Then would it be accurate to say that terrorism is acceptable, when all options for peaceful settlement have been foreclosed? Capt. Jean-Luc Picard: Data, these are questions that mankind has been struggling with throughout history. Your confusion is… only Human." in the context of "Jean-Luc Picard as interpreted by Patrick Stewart and Data as interpreted by Brent Spiner in "The High Ground", Star Trek: The Next Generation, (January 29, 1990); written by Melinda M. Snodgrass" to mean that wisdom is timeless.