All through the trial, I kept thinking, Baltar is a lucky SOB, to have Badger as a lawyer!
I sort of agree with Jim, though, about Lee. That is, I agree with both of you, to a degree. You're right that Lee's decisions are generally good ones, made using a moral compass that pretty much always points true north. But his kickass moral courage makes not for a decent military officer. In a military setting, one's own senses of right and wrong are expected to be subsumed to the collective. A military officer obeys orders first and asks questions later (if at all), and every time Lee is forced to choose between his individual preference and the military decision, he chooses his own preference; and no matter how good his instincts are (and they are very good indeed, all things considered), the fact that he ever considers his own wishes in the first place makes him a serious military liability.
I think he'd be better served as an advocate, you know? An attorney, or a legislator, or an abitrator of some sort. And I wonder if he doesn't feel the same way; I'm remembering a conversation between him and Tigh a while back, after the attempted coup, I think, where Tigh tells Lee that he's unfit to wear a uniform, and Lee agrees. (In fact, he says something like, "You're right, I am unfit. But so are you." Which is, you know, a good point.)
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Date: 2007-07-05 09:24 pm (UTC)I sort of agree with Jim, though, about Lee. That is, I agree with both of you, to a degree. You're right that Lee's decisions are generally good ones, made using a moral compass that pretty much always points true north. But his kickass moral courage makes not for a decent military officer. In a military setting, one's own senses of right and wrong are expected to be subsumed to the collective. A military officer obeys orders first and asks questions later (if at all), and every time Lee is forced to choose between his individual preference and the military decision, he chooses his own preference; and no matter how good his instincts are (and they are very good indeed, all things considered), the fact that he ever considers his own wishes in the first place makes him a serious military liability.
I think he'd be better served as an advocate, you know? An attorney, or a legislator, or an abitrator of some sort. And I wonder if he doesn't feel the same way; I'm remembering a conversation between him and Tigh a while back, after the attempted coup, I think, where Tigh tells Lee that he's unfit to wear a uniform, and Lee agrees. (In fact, he says something like, "You're right, I am unfit. But so are you." Which is, you know, a good point.)