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yeah, i’m a big Battlestar Galactica fan. and this link has tons of spoilers, so if you’re not familiar with the show, you might wanna pass it up.
That said, one of the things I love about this show is how convincingly each side of the fight is represented.
I am both sympathetic to and repulsed by the Cylons; their struggle with their own concepts of free will and responsibility is very human even if they are not.
The article is worth a read if you follow the show:
The Cylons that propose, today, to become Colonial citizens were, just short time ago, planning and executing the almost complete annihilation of humanity. There is no conception of justice that can bear the introduction of these creatures into our society. The “Final Five” excepted, they are each and every one butchers; to excuse them their crimes would render the murders they carried out meaningless. It would destroy the fundamental tenets of our civilization. If we recognize that the rebel Cylon have civil rights, then they surely have civic responsibilities; as such, each and every one of them should fall under the authority of a war crimes tribunal, under accusation of genocide.