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October 28, 2005

Engage the Klingons on his Aft Deck

George Takei, better known as Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek series, has come out of the closet.

This, of course, is about as surprising as discovering he wasn't actually traveling among the stars.

He does make a good point about how far acceptance of homosexuality has come:

"The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay," he said. "The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young."

It's still unthinkable to some, but I figure those folks are going to be on the losing side when the history of this period is written.

Update: OK, looks like the Romulans have replaced Laurence Simon with a defective clone. What else could explain him saying something like this?

Folks, I have one word of advice: be yourself. If you look in the mirror and don't see yourself, fix that.

If enough people are themselves, maybe those who are most uncomfortable with you as yourself will finally have the courage to stop displacing their discomfort with who they really are upon you.

Folks, if you suddenly see me praising Jesus with a joyful heart on this blog, shoot me, because I too have been replaced. Be warned: they walk among us.

* You're probably aware that James Doohan, "Scotty," was not Scottish, but did you know that Nichelle Nichols, who played "Uhura," was actually a white man? Or that Leonard Nimoy had his foreskin removed and recycled to create his pointy Vulcan ears? You can't make this stuff up, you know.