I hate that implication with Odo too. I just tell myself that the people who say this about Odo are

Yes! I don't have any experience with sign language or being different from others in a way as big as this, but it's really not just as simple as "she's the enemy" for Odo. It might even be stronger than Worf's pull between the Federation and the Klingons back in TNG, because Odo's differences from the people around…

I got into a big argument with another Niner not too long ago about whether Odo's actions here are forgivable. I like that Zak points out that the Female Changeling is the one in control of this experience. Odo might look and behave like he was born at age 40, but how long has it been since he came to be Odo? I think…

This is probably it.I think Andrew Robinson or the writers said this is why he befriended Bashir, too: the guy is so moral and genuinely not cynical that Garak couldn't help but be drawn to him.

The Bajorans just need to look on the bright side of life *whistles*

I love how the set-up of the joke happens in the background, too.
"Did you hear? Keiko's going to have a baby!"

"NOW?!"

That's an interesting point. I agree with Zack that the episode could have benefited from a line about protests on Bajor, but he's not like a person today who decides that they're Jesus (or other Very Important Religious Figure) and everyone automatically starts following them. It would be like Jesus saying "actually,…

Most holoprograms seem to be one or two-player, and I would guess that ones designed for groups would have some kind of narrative device that manages them. There was a multiplayer video game I used to play where most of the atmosphere was toxic, except for a little bubble projected around your group and if you went…