[Pax]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Ever wonder what the Chief Navigator thought of that snot nose kid taking his job? I wonder if there are any parrallels is todays world. Like some 13 year old kid at the helm of a nuclear powered submarine or the current USS Enterpirse.

Young people of 14 and 15 years (ahead of the curve WRT physical growth, etc) have lied about their age and served inthe military before -- in wartime, no less, and doing tasks I'd expect would be FAR less likely for a kid their age to be able to handle (like getting into firefights, beign wounded, and killing people up close and personal) ... than driving a giant boat (no offense to navy men amongus).

There have even been veteransfo the korean and viet nam wars, who have had high-level medals and awards revoked ... because they lied about their age in order to serve, and were as young as fourteen and fifteen.

People don't like Wesley ... because the writers had NFC how to write a proper role for an adolescent character. Then again, given their track record on continuity ... what else would you expect?

The role was IMO nothing but a poorly-thought-out gimmick, intended to try and rope in more young male viewers, and create new fans. Unfortunately, the role was SO poorly written, it had much the opposite effect.