"you move on." Because yes, you do, but it would be terrible if Apollo just forgot, you know?
Very much so. However, I think the original comment that the president's analogy was off is correct. It was good that she gave him permission to remember, and to be effected by the (potential) loss of all of those civilians, but she specifically named it a MISTAKE with her analogy. I don't think it was a mistake, and I was disappointed with her because of that. Adama's insistance that "you move on" (implying that you forget about it and put it in the past) was very GWB-like, which made me cringe. Roslin's approach was much more compassionate, which makes sense because she is a woman. I just wish she hadn't implied that "it's ok, you have to remember your mistakes so you don't repeat them", because the decision to blow up that ship was not a mistake based on the information that they had at the time. It was a hard, terrible decision to have to make, but it wasn't a mistake.
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Date: 2005-01-16 08:54 pm (UTC)Very much so. However, I think the original comment that the president's analogy was off is correct. It was good that she gave him permission to remember, and to be effected by the (potential) loss of all of those civilians, but she specifically named it a MISTAKE with her analogy. I don't think it was a mistake, and I was disappointed with her because of that. Adama's insistance that "you move on" (implying that you forget about it and put it in the past) was very GWB-like, which made me cringe. Roslin's approach was much more compassionate, which makes sense because she is a woman. I just wish she hadn't implied that "it's ok, you have to remember your mistakes so you don't repeat them", because the decision to blow up that ship was not a mistake based on the information that they had at the time. It was a hard, terrible decision to have to make, but it wasn't a mistake.