Dirty brown coats

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NEVERFEARSTEVEISHERE

Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:23 AM

Earth, the home world father and mother of humanity - turned on by the dirty traitorous turncoat brown coats!

At great expense planets were terraformed - colonies foundered to provide living space for countless people. And no doubt in return, food and supplies for earth since in reality it is little likely that billions can be shifted and without the colonies billions would starve and suffer without the inports of food grown in the colonies.

but the turn coats were greedy in my opinion.

given their land they were to live on were they greatful? nope, they started a pointless war that they were always going to loose when the glorious alliance trounced them in serenity valley. hurah for the alliance!

TIBER

Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:56 AM

Actually, as far as I know, the Alliance seems to be the agressor in the War to Unite the Planets. The Independent Faction fought to retain their right to exist as seperate entities of the Alliance. Also the way that Earth is refered to as "the-Earth-that-was" suggests that Earth itself is destroyed.

NEVERFEARSTEVEISHERE

Friday, July 11, 2003 1:31 AM

it is just that i wonder - who payed for the colony worlds to be terraformed and supported. a bit ungrateful it would seem for citizens to get roudy.

TIBER

Friday, July 11, 2003 1:34 AM

The Alliance didn't necesarily help form government on Independent worlds. I mean look at all the places Serenity visited. The Alliance is present but do they seem to help or care about the citzens?

JOHNNYREB

Friday, July 11, 2003 1:50 AM

They were probably colonized the same way America was colonized in the 17th century--by private companies. England didn't mind, because if England's companies succeeded, then England succeeded.

In Firefly's world, after the planets were teraformed, the Anglo-Sino Alliance probably said, "Thanks, suckers. We'll take it from here," and the colonies probably responded, "The hell you will!" (Not that that happened during the American Revolution, or anything. My comparison of the two wars ended right after the first paragraph.) But that, in my estimation, is what happened.

ALSO...When Firefly showed in the U.S. there was a Nathan Fillion voice-over that said that the Alliance waged war to bring everyone under one rule, right before the show started. That leads me to believe that there was a political power struggle, as wells as a possible economic power struggle.

ALSO...My Coat is Brown. I'm a rebel. The Independence will rise again!

Viva Firefly!

NEVERFEARSTEVEISHERE

Friday, July 11, 2003 2:18 AM

haha. well I see it like this:

a lawless backwater were the strong exploit the weak. And it is was probably such groups which wanted the war in the first place. People like nishka.

smuggling and crime is bad, lawlessness lets people like nishka florish. consequently the alliance gold standard of law and ordered ought to be given to all.

I see the alliance now doing its best for the people.

deap down the brown coats know they were wrong and misguided - even the captain in his thoughts at begining of show says some idiots tried to fight them - himself included.

WULFHAWK

Friday, July 11, 2003 3:21 AM

The Sino-American Alliance is an imperialist cabalism, deserving of whatever sorry fate befalls it. Too bad the poor folks involved gonna get ground up.

Take my love
Take my land

JOHNNYREB

Friday, July 11, 2003 3:31 AM

Yeah!

Viva Firefly!

MANIACNUMBERONE

Friday, July 11, 2003 8:50 AM

Poor poor Steve, so misguided, so misinformed.
The earth wasn't destroyed, it was used up, so everyone who could, which included many billions of people found a new solar system and terraformed new worlds. Each group of people on each world had the major responsiblity to create it's own society, and to do the work changing that world into what it could be.

Later, things changed in regards to that. An "Alliance" formed of the central planets, and they decided that every other planet had to be subject to their rule. That's where the war came in. It was obviously foolish to fight them, because of their superior technology, numbers and strategy.

But regardless, it was noble and brave to fight the good fight. To stand up for your own freedom. After the war, things changed, the Alliance under the "rule" they had established, chose to exploit everyone under it. The worlds which were supposed to be flourishing in the Alliance, were left destitute and impoverished. The people were treated like animals. Would you like that Steve?

That is why the fight continues. That is why Mal still flies. That is why I am a browncoat.

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Who's winning?
I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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TIBER

Friday, July 11, 2003 2:13 PM

Maniac, you sum up my point completely!smile And as for those who support a tyrannical government such as the Alliance, well read your history books! They often end up dead.

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