So when the robots tried to kill all humans, that was like our invasion of Iraq . . .
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The American public may be anti-war, but now BSG is going way beyond public sentiment. In unmistakable terms, Battlestar: Galactica is telling viewers that insurgency (like, say, the one in Iraq) might have some moral flaws, such as the whole suicide bombing thing, but is ultimately virtuous and worthy of support. Wow. - Slate, October 13, 2006This article is what passes for analysis these days in Slate? Wow. The BSG writers are doing some "ripped from the headlines" stuff, to be sure, but it's no more worthy of confusion for serious commentary than the headline-ripping on "Law and Order." But because BSG is a serial, it's easy to imagine that the writers are trying to make some sustained argument when the borrow from real events. Indeed, the writers might think that themselves. Mostly, I think, they understand that moral ambiguity, conflicted characters and plenty of grey areas make for a more interesting and entertaining program.
If the BSG plot is meant as a parable about Iraq, it's a pretty poor one, entirely ignoring ideology and also most facts.
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