Painterly stopwatch, stethoscope and clear oxygen mask arranged on navy blue.

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The Doctor

I’m a Doctor, not a counterinsurgent.

— Star Trek: Voyager · 1995

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asserts a professional identity as a medical doctor and rejects the role of counterinsurgent. It is a compact refusal: healing is their job, and fighting an insurgency is not, so they resist taking on military duties.

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