THE TAMS
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What I think is that they knew that the goverment was holding her and their is nothing that they could do, I think that they more or less killed her in thier own minds and then focused on the son. I took it that they were more worried that they would be the target of the goverment if they spoke up, they did not what to make any waves is that wrong, I don't know.
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Originally posted by Harlock:
What I think is that they knew that the goverment was holding her and their is nothing that they could do, I think that they more or less killed her in thier own minds and then focused on the son. I took it that they were more worried that they would be the target of the goverment if they spoke up, they did not what to make any waves is that wrong, I don't know.
It is unclear just what Mr. Tam's deal was. Either way, River was not Tam's property, to be bought, sold or bartered. She is a person. (Although Firefly seems kinda dodgy on whether slavery is present)
Not sticking up for your kids, allowing them to become medical experiments or whatever else they did to River, that's wrong. Period. It is deriliction of duty as a parent. It may be that there was nothing they could do, that the government would have killed them all, and that makes the issue a bit more tricky. But still as a parent, you take care of your kids.
"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"
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Originally posted by Drakon:
Firefly seems kinda dodgy on whether slavery is present ....
Slavery exists - not necesarily under the Aliance, but in the border planets definitly. In Serenity (the pilot) as Mal & co. step into Badger's lair, Badger's inspecting some woman's teeth. That's a slave for you.
As for the "ender's game" theory - I posted something to that effect some months ago, but in a more direct form: Simon is a genius, Blue Gloves offer $ to Tams for another child, which they genetically enhance. I'm not thinking "Ender's game" as much as "Ender's Shadow". That series of books (about Bean) is *much* better that the Ender series anyway.
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Originally posted by Amnon:Quote:
Originally posted by Drakon:
Firefly seems kinda dodgy on whether slavery is present ....
Slavery exists - not necesarily under the Aliance, but in the border planets definitly. In Serenity (the pilot) as Mal & co. step into Badger's lair, Badger's inspecting some woman's teeth. That's a slave for you.
Also, consider the beginning of Shindig, when Mal lifts his pool opponent's wallet because he's talking about being a slave trader.
Sorry about multiples, weirdness occurs.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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Originally posted by Amnon:Quote:
Originally posted by Drakon:
Firefly seems kinda dodgy on whether slavery is present ....
Slavery exists - not necesarily under the Aliance, but in the border planets definitly. In Serenity (the pilot) as Mal & co. step into Badger's lair, Badger's inspecting some woman's teeth. That's a slave for you.
Also, consider the beginning of Shindig, when Mal lifts his pool opponent's wallet because he's talking about being a slave trader.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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