Are You for Unification or Independence if You Lived in the FireFly 'Verse?
POSTED BY: RiveR6213
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 3, 2006 05:00
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My luck, I'd have been a colonist on Miranda and become a Reaver.
I guess that makes me for all kinds of unification--just not with willing participants.
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I would have grown up on Shadow as Mal's special lady friend, volunteered for service in the Independent Army and survived Serenity Valley to become a member of the crew (and Mal would have no romantic feelings towards a certain Companion)...
I can dream, can't I? 
Anyway, I'm all for Independence. Don't like being told what to do...
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I think each planet should have a referendum on whether to join. If some planets want to form an alliance then that's fine but it shouldn't be forced on other planets by force or economically.
Personally I'd probably have voted to join the Alliance until the point where they started making other planets join or until I found out about Blue Sun and the academy.
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Well, my sister's a ship... we had a
complicated childhood
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I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
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Independence. Totally independence. Id have to agree fully with River. The alliance "meddles." I cant stand being told what to do, or what to think. I also have all kinds of problems with authority.
I think if planets get together and want to unify, thats all well and good, and heck, i might even agree a bit, cause groups are stronger together sometimes. But i think something like that would have to be totally voulentary, in joining, staying, and in governting. The fact that the alliance forced the worlds to join was totally wrong.
Id have been a supporter of independence.
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This is a tricky question for me. First of all, in the show we come at everything from an Independant perspective. It's always hard for me to make a decision when I know all my information is biased. Secondly, I have this pesky belief that all government systems are inherantly flawed- including anarchy, the lack of a government. So considering I still can't make up my mind about our real, modern government systems, I'm not seeing myself picking between Independance and Unification...
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I'm fairly certain that I would have supported whatever cause was popular on the planet I grew up on. I would have grown up biased and I'm easily blinded by a good argument when I'm not presented with the counter-argument.
So, until something bad personally affected me (Say, poverty and lawless anarchy hurting my family = anti-Independents, or abuse of power and silly beaurcratic burdens = anti-Alliance) I would probably have remained an inactive, idealist airhead much like I am now.
War in general frightens me, so I don't see myself taking up arms, either.
Really, unless motivated by a very personal reason, I think I'd have been an opinion-less sheep of the sort that both sides rightfully look down on. *g*
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The Alliance is a facade. It enforces corporate domination, i.e. Blue Sun, through public misinformation, feigned philanthropy, covert non-governmental operatives (hands of blue, two by two), and outright military aggression if necessary.
This sounds vaguely familiar. Oh, yeah. It sounds like what's going on NOW. But that's ok, I'm sure Halliburton/GE/Westinghouse/Boeing/McDonnell Douglas/ etc. etc. have only my best interests at heart.
We never hear who convinced the outer planets to join together to fight "unification." Mal joined up after things were well and truly begun. Maybe we'll learn more later. . .
To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein
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Independence all the way!. As River says,I don't like to be meddled with. I don't like to be told what do or what to think, don't walk or run. I have a mind of my own thanks very much. I would have probably fight in the war and kick some Allience ass!
Oh, boy. Do I need a nap.
Unification
Independence
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People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.
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As a long time liberal Democrat I'd have to be on the side of the Independents. For all those that read this and like to trash the word liberal I've only got one thing to say. Our country's founders were liberals and rebels and all I hear coming out of the mouths of right wing neocons are lies, lies and more lies. They are so up to their necks in lies the stink rises up all the way to Heaven. BTW, God is a Browncoat!
Jaytee
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Originally posted by JayTee:
As a long time liberal Democrat I'd have to be on the side of the Independents. For all those that read this and like to trash the word liberal I've only got one thing to say. Our country's founders were liberals and rebels and all I hear coming out of the mouths of right wing neocons are lies, lies and more lies. They are so up to their necks in lies the stink rises up all the way to Heaven. BTW, God is a Browncoat!
Jaytee
I'm a liberal Democrat too and gorram proud of it but are ya trying to start a war here??
May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.
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