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Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 06:09 AM Mar 2014

Babylon 5 demonstrated how a guy like Putin thinks



The show could be prescient, the whole thing with the rise of the Night Watch and President Clark using excuses to seize more power were very resonant of Bush/Cheney after the attacks on 911.

“I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in the galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again and command the stars. I want a rebirth of glory, a renaissance of power. I want to stop running through my life like a man late for an appointment, afraid to look back or to look forward. I want us to be what we used to be. I want it all back the way that it was."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signs_and_Portents
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Babylon 5 demonstrated how a guy like Putin thinks (Original Post) Babel_17 Mar 2014 OP
Ah, while in a way it's the writing I referenced I can see why I should have posted elsewhere Babel_17 Mar 2014 #1
You can always cross post into another group. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #2
You might point out that Molari gets what he asks for and lives to regret it. Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #3
JMS can sure write a multi-season story Babel_17 Mar 2014 #4
The sounds of billions of people calling your name Babel_17 Mar 2014 #5

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
1. Ah, while in a way it's the writing I referenced I can see why I should have posted elsewhere
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 06:13 AM
Mar 2014

Sorry about that! I was just thinking "Science Fiction" in all its forms and didn't remember this was a sub-forum for "Reading and Writing"

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
2. You can always cross post into another group.
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 07:55 AM
Mar 2014

No big deal.

And I do hear your point about Babylon 5.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
3. You might point out that Molari gets what he asks for and lives to regret it.
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 08:17 AM
Mar 2014

I like Vir's response to Morden's question, and the aftermath



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