what is Starfleet ' s stance on cultural tolerance ? sarcasm intensityslightI think we can safely say that Starfleet ' s official stance on cultural tolerance is Screw the Bajorans , their culture doesn ' t matter and we like peeing in their Cheerios anyways . sarcasm I never really understood Sisko ' s reaction , personally if a society like the Federation wants to claim that they embrace cultural differences , they have to take the good with the badUnfortunately , this is more of an issue of falling in line with the chain of command than anything else . Picard saw it as a losing battle and chose not to fight better if Worf kills himself in his quarters than on the bridge during a ship battle . Sisko needed every able bodied man he could , and didn ' t mind trampling on anyone ' s feewings in order to survive . Neither was really wrong in terms of what the Federation stands for , though . Somewhere in Starfleet ' s entrance forms there is probably some sort of declaration that you are becoming Starfleet property .