Persistent, Niggling Questions

[Nate the Great]

Watching SF Debris' review of "The Drumhead" the following occurs to me that completely escaped Chuck...


PNQ: What do the crimes of one's ancestor's have to do with the the person in question?


Case 1: Simon Tarses lied about his grandfather being a Romulan.


What does this have to do with anything? As Picard says in "Reunion", he can't punish Duras for the crimes of his father Jarod. At worst Tarses is guilty of lying about his background, that's it. Then again, why did he do this in the first place? If we're to believe the expanded universe, Saavik is half-Romulan and grew up in the Romulan way of life before Spock rescued her. I thought 24th century humans were more tolerant than 23rd!


Case 2: Sabin says Worf shouldn't be trusted as security chief because his father collaborated with the Romulans.


Okay, fine, at this point the only ones in the Federation who know the truth are the Enterprise senior staff. But again, what does this have to do with anything? Are you telling me that humans of today, who don't suspect Germans with Nazi ancestors, are better than 24th century humans?