Well, I have now watched all of the Babylon 5 second season on dvd. I had forgotten how good this series is! I liked it so much that I continued watching season 3 on video (oh the backward technology!).

This exchange is from the episode ‘Voices of Authority’ in season 3. It seems to me that a similar trend is developing in our own country. Perhaps the man of steel is a speech writer for the series.

John Sheridan: Crime?

Julie Musante: Yes, there is some. But it’s all caused by the mentally unstable and we’ve just instituted correctional centres to filter them out at an early stage.

John Sheridan: Prejudice?

Julie Musante: No, we’re just one happy planet. Well, all right, there’s the Marsees. But that won’t change until they stop fighting the Earth rule.

John Sheridan: And when exactly did all this happen?

Julie Musante: When we rewrote the dictionary. Captain, you’re a good man, you’re a fine soldier, a leader. You understand that sometimes before you can deal with a problem you have to redefine it.

John Sheridan: But you can’t deal with the problems by pretending they don’t exist.

Julie Musante: There’s no need to embarrass our leaders by pointing out the flaws in our society that they’re aware of and dealing with in their own way. Some people just enjoy finding fault with our leaders! They’re anarchists, they’re trouble makers or they’re simply just unpatriotic. None of which describes you. Now, do you want people thinking otherwise? These are the areas that I want to help you with. I want to feel like I’m needed. That I’m doing my part to help bring the EarthGov back into the hands of the decent, hard-working people that created it. I am here to protect you. I admire your honesty and your record and your attitude. And I don’t want see anyone use those things against you. Quite frankly, I think I could come to like you, quite a lot.

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