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'Battlestar Galactica' panel discussion at the United Nations
Chicago Tribune ^ | March 10, 2009

Posted on 03/12/2009 8:38:39 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode

Since it debuted six years ago, the Sci Fi drama about a rag-tag space fleet has offered challenging fictional depictions of problems afflicting our planet in the here and now.

And now a discussion of how those very issues have been handled on the show will take place at the United Nations.

On March 17, there will be a "Battlestar" retrospective at the U.N. in New York and a panel discussion of how the show examined issues such as "human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faith," according to Sci Fi.

(Excerpt) Read more at featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bsg; un
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1 posted on 03/12/2009 8:38:39 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

No wonder the UN needs more money from the deadbeat US!


2 posted on 03/12/2009 8:40:44 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; RosieCotton; Bear_in_RoseBear

What the frak?


3 posted on 03/12/2009 8:41:34 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands ("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Seems like scientology is movin on up


4 posted on 03/12/2009 8:41:46 AM PDT by shadeaud ("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

The UN is going to make a tersely worded statement about our fictional treatment of toasters.


5 posted on 03/12/2009 8:41:46 AM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Agreed. It’s a great show but I don’t want my tax dollars paying for a bunch of pompous Europeans to gab about it. There are plenty of forums which let you do just that at no charge.


6 posted on 03/12/2009 8:43:18 AM PDT by utherdoul
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
I need my satire detector recalibrated. I was sure this was from one of the many satirists who fool so many Freepers including me.

Did the UN have a panel discussion about Seinfeld a few days before its final episode? It's a want-to-be world government about nothing - they discuss pointless topics and then bring back their condemnation of Israel from season one once again.

7 posted on 03/12/2009 8:44:31 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Obama: removing the speed limit on the Road to Serfdom)
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To: utherdoul

I agree - the proper venue for such discussion is the fan blog on scifi.com.


8 posted on 03/12/2009 8:46:09 AM PDT by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: All

Someone needs to frackn’ airlock the UN!


9 posted on 03/12/2009 8:46:52 AM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedys float, Mary Jos don't)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Does this mean that Obama is actually a Zylon? Now it all starts making sense.


10 posted on 03/12/2009 8:57:50 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: raven92876

ping


11 posted on 03/12/2009 9:04:32 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (The black man is keeping me down!)
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To: dirtboy

It's Cylon. ;)

And yes, I think he is a hybrid model of Daniel that Cavil didn't kill off. ;)

12 posted on 03/12/2009 9:06:12 AM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedys float, Mary Jos don't)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

No frak’n way!


13 posted on 03/12/2009 9:07:16 AM PDT by PogySailor (We're so screwed.....welcome to the American Oligarchy)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Well, we can have a ‘24’ discussion at the Marriot near me if anyone likes. We can brings snacks and pizza as we go over the interrogation tactics of Jack Bauer and how these measures could be used to save us in real life.


14 posted on 03/12/2009 9:07:53 AM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Unlogo Over the course of its four seasons, "Battlestar Galactica" has been lauded for its nuanced portrayal of war, faith and morality.

So it's "nuanced"? How about "nihilistic", "misanthropic", or "inane"? They treat the "war" as someting you can just forget about and stop fighting, "faith" as something that leads suckers to mistakes, and "morality" is apparently whatever a person wants it to be at the moment (and it can change from moment to moment). There is nobody left on the show talking about principles, the men are all a bunch of wimps, and the women are all a bunch of suicidal nutcases. I think every major character has tried to kill themselves at least once. Yeah, I suppose to academic leftists, that's "nuanced".

15 posted on 03/12/2009 10:55:27 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions; neverdem; narses; patton

It’s OK. We have a fraktional illusion of an fake interstellar war in cyberspace written by deluded Hollywood types who oppose real wars being talked about by a fractionally-separated deluded bunch of UN-types who ARE at war. And who have been at war with US since 1945.

Not a problem here. Just move-on.org, just move-on.org folks.


16 posted on 03/12/2009 11:53:05 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: gary_b_UK; Truth29; NonValueAdded; MizSterious; GreenLanternCorps; Kangaroo Court; prous; ...
To quote William Shatner.... GET A LIFE IT IS A TV SHOW FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!



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17 posted on 03/12/2009 6:30:08 PM PDT by KevinDavis (No one should question our "Dear Leader"!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Frack the UN.


18 posted on 03/12/2009 7:08:16 PM PDT by LiberConservative (0bama: Kenyan slang for "FAIL")
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