I'm not justifying what they did, or calling it a rational response to bullying.
But what's clear is that parents in Colorado do not care. There are many cases, which mostly came out in a Colorado magazine called Westword, where bullies were reported and nothing happened, where passing grades were issued to sports stars who didn't do ANY of the work, and a clear "jock worship" culture that puts John Elway and Patrick Roy (blond haired jocks) at the top of the food chain.
See Michael Moore's film for a more in-depth treatment. Trey Parker from South Park is interviewed in that film. He states it best, Littleton Colorado is a mediocre littl town where small useless people trade small useless ideas.
Watch the interview with the writer on the SCIFO website. He clearly states that #6 did mean to snap the baby's neck, and that she considered it a "mercy killing", so the baby missed getting vaporized.
Personally, as a parent, it was needlessly gratuitous. It's not clear that it's a mercy killing, and even if it was - it doesn't need to be shown. Why not show her running over a dog or killing kittens by throwing them in the lake?
I'm not a prude, I loved all the shots down the front of Tricia's dress - but the baby killing bugged me.
There are other angles of philosophy to be pursued here. The Cylons go "away" as centurion toasters and return with cybernetics so advanced it's hard to tell them apart from humans EVEN AFTER THEY ARE AUTOPSIED.
Remember what Baltar says, he actually has to burn sections of their organs and use spectranalysis to determine they were synthetic. That's not Ah-nold Terminator like, that is 4 generations ahead of that.
So - you are dealing with Cylons who advance themselves at an astonishing rate in total seclusion.
At some point, something had to have happened with AI that was far different than what had come before. It would be interesting to introduce another race, a massively advanced race similar to the one seen at the end of Speilberg's AI - that "found" the Cylons in exile and helped them advance to the level you see - because they have a notion that silicon based lifeforms are better than carbon nased ones.
Here in Colorado, after Columbine - an interesting thing happened. Instead of reaching out to the geeky kids, and vilifying the jocks who oppressed them - the opposite happened. Adults went out of their way to demonstrate why jocks beating up geeks was the ACCEPTED reality, and it actually reinforced itself. The Columbine football team went on to win the local high School league, and all the major news outlets covered it like the Super Bowl. The jocks got endorsements, they were worshiped for their ability to "overcome" the tragedy, although it was quite clear they were the driving force behind Klebold and Harris behavior.
It was very strange. Colorado high schools have the very worst case of hating the smart kids, promoting mediocrity, and pumping jock culture. That is one reason I intend to leave before my kids become school age and move to a state that actually understand what a magnet school is, and what it is for.
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WTG, Larry. I was wondering when some GOP mama's boy would come along with the "Al Gore says he invented the Internet" troll. You win Larry!
I missed that article in the Onion. Jesus Christ, it's brilliant. I'm printing it out and keeping it.
I'm not justifying what they did, or calling it a rational response to bullying. But what's clear is that parents in Colorado do not care. There are many cases, which mostly came out in a Colorado magazine called Westword, where bullies were reported and nothing happened, where passing grades were issued to sports stars who didn't do ANY of the work, and a clear "jock worship" culture that puts John Elway and Patrick Roy (blond haired jocks) at the top of the food chain. See Michael Moore's film for a more in-depth treatment. Trey Parker from South Park is interviewed in that film. He states it best, Littleton Colorado is a mediocre littl town where small useless people trade small useless ideas.
Watch the interview with the writer on the SCIFO website. He clearly states that #6 did mean to snap the baby's neck, and that she considered it a "mercy killing", so the baby missed getting vaporized. Personally, as a parent, it was needlessly gratuitous. It's not clear that it's a mercy killing, and even if it was - it doesn't need to be shown. Why not show her running over a dog or killing kittens by throwing them in the lake? I'm not a prude, I loved all the shots down the front of Tricia's dress - but the baby killing bugged me.
There are other angles of philosophy to be pursued here. The Cylons go "away" as centurion toasters and return with cybernetics so advanced it's hard to tell them apart from humans EVEN AFTER THEY ARE AUTOPSIED. Remember what Baltar says, he actually has to burn sections of their organs and use spectranalysis to determine they were synthetic. That's not Ah-nold Terminator like, that is 4 generations ahead of that. So - you are dealing with Cylons who advance themselves at an astonishing rate in total seclusion. At some point, something had to have happened with AI that was far different than what had come before. It would be interesting to introduce another race, a massively advanced race similar to the one seen at the end of Speilberg's AI - that "found" the Cylons in exile and helped them advance to the level you see - because they have a notion that silicon based lifeforms are better than carbon nased ones.
It will pick up with Boomer, if it goes to series for sure. She's bangin the chief flight deck officer AND she's also a Cylon.
Here in Colorado, after Columbine - an interesting thing happened. Instead of reaching out to the geeky kids, and vilifying the jocks who oppressed them - the opposite happened. Adults went out of their way to demonstrate why jocks beating up geeks was the ACCEPTED reality, and it actually reinforced itself. The Columbine football team went on to win the local high School league, and all the major news outlets covered it like the Super Bowl. The jocks got endorsements, they were worshiped for their ability to "overcome" the tragedy, although it was quite clear they were the driving force behind Klebold and Harris behavior.
It was very strange. Colorado high schools have the very worst case of hating the smart kids, promoting mediocrity, and pumping jock culture. That is one reason I intend to leave before my kids become school age and move to a state that actually understand what a magnet school is, and what it is for.