[thoughtomator]

There is a very clear Islamic analogue to that - this is the Islamic treatment of "dhimmis" who have submitted (or been forced to submit) to Islam. Even the "nice" cylons' approach was not "live and let live", it was submit to us because we know what's best for you, combined with a murderous religious fanaticism.

There aren't too many things they could do to be more clear about it, aside from calling the cylons' god "Allah".

[misterrob]

Yes but the show is being done against the backdrop of the Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts. That's what makes it ambiguous....

[af_vet_rr]

There is a very clear Islamic analogue to that - this is the Islamic treatment of "dhimmis" who have submitted (or been forced to submit) to Islam. Even the "nice" cylons' approach was not "live and let live", it was submit to us because we know what's best for you, combined with a murderous religious fanaticism.

There aren't too many things they could do to be more clear about it, aside from calling the cylons' god "Allah".

When the Dean Stockwell Cylon was talkiong about instilling fear to convert humans, and executing them at random to make them fear the Cyclons, he could have said "Allah" and it would not have seemed out of place at all.