Go on...
To be honest, that's always been the core argument.
I don't know where the line is - obviously, the morphogenic virus in DS9 was beyond the pale, but is it wise to expect hostile neighbours to be won over by sunshine and rainbows?
The Federation didn’t need 31 to win the war
Do we know that for certain? The cure to the virus was actually pretty fundamental to the Female Changeling ordering the Jem'Hadar to stand down. She refused to surrender until Odo linked with her and cured her.
I completely agree.
I've often thought that there must have been plenty of Section 31 operations that didn't rise to the level of, you know, genocide, and that those operations were likely more ambiguous.
I'm hoping that whatever they're up to in this movie is more in that vein - almost certainly illegal, but probably more ethically murky?
They were definitely villains in the series...but I don't think DS9 ever made a strong case that they weren't necessary (nor do I think they were trying to).
Right up until the end, the morphogenic virus was critical to the end of the war.
It's quite difficult to describe the character of Fuzz. This is a species that we have never seen before.
...Huh. So neither Vulcan nor Romulan, apparently. It's been a while since the word "Vulcanoid" has been on my mind.
So could any given episode of "My Little Pony" - in fact, the number of things that could say "Star Wars" on it is literally endless!
The EPC seems to be an endless source of controversies, I can't keep track of them all.
Tractor beams and force fields are actually both supposed to be applications of graviton technology, so...kinda?
But no, I don't think that bit of the Technical Manual is very consistent with how we saw the holodecks actually being used.
The Verge: Star Trek: Section 31 is firing on all cylinders