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Battlestar Galactica Hosted At the UN
TheDopp writes "The United Nations hosted the cast and crew of Battlestar Galactica Tuesday evening in New York. Clips of the show were shown as discussion points during the event, touching on the morality of Suicide Bombers in war, Abortion and the use of torture on enemies of the state. At one point during the event an attendee mentions 'the "Old Man" launched into a passionate speech about casting off the idea of race as a cultural determinant, and said we were one race, the human race. His voice echoed throughout the chamber growing louder until — I kid you not — he was yelling, "So Say We All," and the crowd answered right back. Hell, even I yelled it, I was in the fraking United Nations with Adama, the gods themselves could not have stopped this moment.' The full video of the event is located on the UN website."
Seriously. Why do actors and actresses who pretend to be politicans and soldiers for tv and movies get more influence over "real world" politics like the UN than I do? Does the US constitution even have a sovereignty clause that forbids allowing foreign sovereignty (for instance, by the UN), or is that just an interpretation? I can't find one, but I'm at work (and posting on /., yeah I know)
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Screw it. THIS is the video that says it all to me, with regard to world relations. If this doesn't make you smile...nothing will.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
No offense, but I found the moralizing tiresome and contrived. Too many dumb moral lessons like "racism == bad" or "there are no good guys in the world". A lot of random garbage apparently intended to confuse the audience and/or inject a simulation of moral ambiguity, eg, the five hidden cylons.
A common subplot is the cardboard character that has a surprising revelation and turns into a different cardboard character.
My take is that while the new series does have a little more moral depth to it than the old series does, it's not that impressive. Your talk about Hobbesian/Calvinist viewpoint on human nature and "sin" underscores that. This is obsolete morality. People aren't really like that and fundamentally it is a stereotype just as misdirected and limited as the white hat/black hat story you decry.