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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Posse comitatus

I am not going to say ‘I told you so’, but that’s solely because I didn’t say it on this blog before, but on a Dutch mailing list called Deining. That’s where I first voiced my suspicion that the death of Brazilian Mr. Jean Charles de Menezes had been caused by an SAS (special forces) soldier. Now the Times of London speculates on this as well, and it claims to have found clues in press photographs.
Whether the SAS story pans out or not, the following quote from what is arguable the best ~~scifi~~ series ever, Battlestar Galactica, can never be repeated enough:

"There's a reason why you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

BTW, if there's anyone who's managed to sit through the final scene of this week’s episode, ‘Home’, and listen to Adama's lines without needing a really big glass of ‘perspective and soda’ afterwards, you must be emotionally dead inside. That was some damn fine acting, Mr. Olmos.

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Tracked on August 23, 2005 03:36 PM

what is arguable the best scifi series ever, Battlestar Galactica,

Though I LOVE the new BSG, Firefly still beats it in my list of favorites. I agree absolutely with the need for seperating the militairy from the police though.

Dutchmarbel (ip:80.100.225.59) 20 August 2005 - 2:10 uur

You've seen Serenity! You... you... you lucky person! (Tell me: do Malcolm and Inara get it on in the film? That particular loose end has been bothering me since whoever it was pulled the plug on Whedon after only 12 (or 15, if you count the unaired ones) eps...)

Arjan Dasselaar (ip:82.161.93.35) 20 August 2005 - 9:17 uur

Joss rocks; he always suprises you with how events develop and Serenity (YES! I saw the film and loved it) is no exception to the rule.

The film takes place a few months after the last (unaired) episode, so try to extrapolate. After that try again with a JOSS mindset ;)

Dutchmarbel (ip:80.100.225.59) 20 August 2005 - 11:49 uur

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