Battlestar Galactica - Who was valuable and who wasn't

Military needs are a priority

 Plot: Doua nave de razboi au scapat de atacul cylonilor: Battlestar Galactica si Battlestar Pegasus. Galactica era o nava veche, uzata moral, mult sub forta celeilalte, Pegasus. Cu toate acestea, comandantul Adama si-a asumat raspunderea pentru apararea mai multor nave civile cu cinzeci de mii de oameni la bordul lor. Pegasus, condus de comandatul Cain a avut o alta poveste... La intalnirea cu Galactica , Pegasus nu era insotita de nici o alta nava. Si totusi Pegasus avusese o flota civila in preajma ei...

Colonel Jack Fisk : Laird's ship was the Scylla. Scylla was, uh... civilian transport.

We found her and a few other civvies about a week after the attack. They were good ships. FTL drives and weapons even. A lot of potential spare parts that we could use on Pegasus. So... the Admiral made a decision. Military needs are a priority.

Colonel Saul Tigh:  You stripped them. You stripped the ships for parts? Sweet mother of Artemis! How much equipment did you take? You take their jump drives?  Left all those people marooned out there?

Colonel Jack Fisk: No, not all. Admiral Cain looked over the passenger list and she made a decision about who was valuable and who wasn't. Scylla was the toughest. Laird and 15 other men and women, they were all all traveling with their families. Wives, husbands, children. The selectees... they refused to go. There was resistance. So the order came down to shoot the family of anyone who refused to come. So we did. Two families, we put them up against the bulkhead. And we shot them.

Povestea spusa de Josephus

Dupa cum spuneam intr-o postare anterioara, razboiul din anul 74 era noastra, a avut spre deosebire de altele un cronicar, martor ocular si participant, Flavius Josephus. Desigur, acesta poate fi considerat subiectiv sau partinitor. Totusi, anumite lucruri se potrivesc foarte bine (vezi si postarea mentionata despre filmul "Defiance") cu multe alte intamplari adevarate. Se poate duce un razboi in numele unor cauze zise drepte, de exemplu pentru viata si drepturile civililor dintr-un loc anume. Si atunci cat si pana unde poti sacrifica acesti civili? In razboiul anului 74 anumiti combatantii, aparatori ai unor cetati, au uitat orice cand a fost vorba de foame: au profitat de faptul ca aveau arme in mainile lor si au lasat fara mancare pe civilii fara aparare: copii, femei, batrani.

Comandatul navei Pegasus, amiralul Cain, a pus inainte nevoile militare, sacrificand insa ultimii supravietuitori civili. Care mai era atunci sensul luptei militarilor?