Something from the Adama/Tyrol exchange has been bothering me since it aired. Thought I'd toss it out there and see what you guys/gals make of it.
I can totally see him saying stuff like "love is ... thoughts." But, "Could you love a machine?" -- was that him thinking aloud? Or was that a rhetorical question?
Seeing where the cylon procreation storyline is apparently going, guess my question really comes down to this: is that what make "us" human -- to love and be loved? Wouldn't this answer be a bit too simplistic, all the warm fuzzies notwithstanding?
Adama: Did you love her, Chief?
Tyrol: Excuse me?
Adama: Boomer. Did you love her?
Tyrol: I thought I did.
Adama: When you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is ... thoughts.
Tyrol: ...
Adama: She was a cylon ... machine. Is that what Boomer was, a machine? A thing.
Tyrol: That's what she turned out to be.
Adama: She was more than that to us. She was more than that to me. She was a vital living person ... aboard my ship ... for more than two years. She couldn't've been just a machine. Could you love a machine?
Tyrol: Excuse me?
Adama: Boomer. Did you love her?
Tyrol: I thought I did.
Adama: When you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is ... thoughts.
Tyrol: ...
Adama: She was a cylon ... machine. Is that what Boomer was, a machine? A thing.
Tyrol: That's what she turned out to be.
Adama: She was more than that to us. She was more than that to me. She was a vital living person ... aboard my ship ... for more than two years. She couldn't've been just a machine. Could you love a machine?
Seeing where the cylon procreation storyline is apparently going, guess my question really comes down to this: is that what make "us" human -- to love and be loved? Wouldn't this answer be a bit too simplistic, all the warm fuzzies notwithstanding?
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