So say we all including Nto

Nto has been watching Battlestar Galactica on DVD and enjoys the thinly disguised commentary on the human condition in general. Although Nto has a lot of catching up to do on this series before credibly commenting on it, Nto sees a clear message that Cylons are not totally bad and Humans are not totally good. There is also a clear message that if Cylons are just machines, then maybe that is a way of understanding Humans as well. Conversely, if Humans are more than just machines then what exactly are the Cylons missing. Sharon was human until she was discovered to be Cylon, and then she lost that magic ingredient in the eyes of all but a small number of people.

This leads Nto to comment on his own previous post. There must be more to the cause of modern economic Imperialism than just a little greed. There must be a lot of greed and likely a lot of questing for power behind it as well. Nto finds it hard to believe that any people can be intrinsically bad but that they often behave badly for reasons that have a biological or psychological source. If we could understand these sources and do something about mitigating the damage, we might have hope in evolving to the race embodying the ideals we would like to think of as Human.