Comments on: Battlestar Galactica And The United Nations http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Is Battlestar Galactica Post-Racial (or is that not even the problem)? « Radical Compounds http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1542 Is Battlestar Galactica Post-Racial (or is that not even the problem)? « Radical Compounds Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:49:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1542 [...] While there are some extremely articulate discussions out there regarding Battlestar Galactica and gender (io9 has a good piece on it), there seems to be less focus on how BSG deals with race and ethnicity. Those interested in the issue would be happy to know that the UN actually held a BSG retrospective earlier this year, where the delegates were divided according to the Quorum of Twelve rather than earthly nations. A good account can be found on the website of Discover Magazine. [...] [...] While there are some extremely articulate discussions out there regarding Battlestar Galactica and gender (io9 has a good piece on it), there seems to be less focus on how BSG deals with race and ethnicity. Those interested in the issue would be happy to know that the UN actually held a BSG retrospective earlier this year, where the delegates were divided according to the Quorum of Twelve rather than earthly nations. A good account can be found on the website of Discover Magazine. [...]

]]> By: So Say We All - Macchianera http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1541 So Say We All - Macchianera Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:13:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1541 [...] I spent my adult life trying to get this word out. Now I am well prepared as the Admiral of the Battlestar Galactica to say to all of you: there is but one race. That is it! So say we all! [...] [...] I spent my adult life trying to get this word out. Now I am well prepared as the Admiral of the Battlestar Galactica to say to all of you: there is but one race. That is it! So say we all! [...]

]]> By: Admiral William Adama at United Nations - Macchianera http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1540 Admiral William Adama at United Nations - Macchianera Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:45:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1540 [...] I spent my adult life trying to get this word out, and now I am well prepared as the Admiral of the Battlestar Galactica to say to all of you: there is but one race. That is it! So say we all! [...] [...] I spent my adult life trying to get this word out, and now I am well prepared as the Admiral of the Battlestar Galactica to say to all of you: there is but one race. That is it! So say we all! [...]

]]> By: Eric S. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1539 Eric S. Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:57:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1539 Did everyone like my COMIC CON joke? I got a bigger laugh than Whoopi did all night. haha I was mistakenly identified as a high schooler, but my name is Eric and I am a UN Employee very into the BSG universe. It was the issues discussed by the panel that hooked me in for 85 +plus hours. I may or may not have gotten the rank right of Adama (admiral/commander) but having only started watching this 3 months ago, excuse me if his rank did not change several times I can't keep track. I was nervous under the hot lights, needed a sip of water, and barely got my question out in front of 300 people. I think the discussion about AIRLOCK becoming a verb and being a crime in (thanks madame president) and of itself speaks volume to the seriousness of capital punishment in the BSG universe. Enjoy my question at 1 hour and 8 minutes in. Mary and Edward James along with the panel gave a 10 minute response. EJO speaks on his military decision impeding on the civilian democracy and how wrong it was but that he had to do it. EJO was even the topic of abortion brougt up even though my initial question was about capital punishment. WOW!!! What an experience. I am a proud UN employee and thanks BSG for stopping by my job and letting me ask about what's right and wrong in BSG. http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/specialevents/2009/se090317pm.rm Thanks again!!! -Eric Did everyone like my COMIC CON joke? I got a bigger laugh than Whoopi did all night. haha

I was mistakenly identified as a high schooler, but my name is Eric and I am a UN Employee very into the BSG universe. It was the issues discussed by the panel that hooked me in for 85 +plus hours.

I may or may not have gotten the rank right of Adama (admiral/commander) but having only started watching this 3 months ago, excuse me if his rank did not change several times I can’t keep track. I was nervous under the hot lights, needed a sip of water, and barely got my question out in front of 300 people. I think the discussion about AIRLOCK becoming a verb and being a crime in (thanks madame president) and of itself speaks volume to the seriousness of capital punishment in the BSG universe.

Enjoy my question at 1 hour and 8 minutes in. Mary and Edward James along with the panel gave a 10 minute response. EJO speaks on his military decision impeding on the civilian democracy and how wrong it was but that he had to do it. EJO was even the topic of abortion brougt up even though my initial question was about capital punishment. WOW!!! What an experience. I am a proud UN employee and thanks BSG for stopping by my job and letting me ask about what’s right and wrong in BSG.

http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/specialevents/2009/se090317pm.rm

Thanks again!!!
-Eric

]]> By: Stephen Cass http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1538 Stephen Cass Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:54:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1538 Thanks Tristam for the link -- for those interested, Olmos's first quote above starts at the 34:10 mark, and his second at 1:55:53. Thanks Tristam for the link — for those interested, Olmos’s first quote above starts at the 34:10 mark, and his second at 1:55:53.

]]> By: tristam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1537 tristam Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:26:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1537 there's a streaming real video link at the bottom of the page over at <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/galactica-un.html" rel="nofollow">entertainment weekly</a> a good two hour mashup of bsg, international & humanitarian law there’s a streaming real video link at the bottom of the page over at entertainment weekly a good two hour mashup of bsg, international & humanitarian law

]]> By: ChrisW http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1536 ChrisW Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:56:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1536 So say we all. At the very least, please tell me there'll be an MP3. So say we all. At the very least, please tell me there’ll be an MP3.

]]> By: ContainsCaffeine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1535 ContainsCaffeine Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:50:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/03/18/battlestar-galactica-and-the-united-nations/#comment-1535 This is so incredibly cool. I wish I could have seen it in person. Does anyone know if the was filmed and if it will be released in some format? This is so incredibly cool. I wish I could have seen it in person. Does anyone know if the was filmed and if it will be released in some format?

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