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** I think she didn't raise the possibility because it would have put both her and Adama at odds with the orders of Admiral Cain, who didn't care for Roslin's authority much as I recall. Also, as Adama was angry that they murdered the man in the first place (just more angry that he couldn't try them himself) a pardon wasn't really considered until Cain was out of the way.
** I think she didn't raise the possibility because it would have put both her and Adama at odds with the orders of Admiral Cain, who didn't care for Roslin's authority much as I recall. Also, as Adama was angry that they murdered the man in the first place (just more angry that he couldn't try them himself) a pardon wasn't really considered until Cain was out of the way.
** We don’t know for sure if it’s within the president’s power to pardon crimes, or at least capital crimes, and we don’t know if such a power would extend to matters of the military. As Admiral Cain put it, she’s a flag officer on detached service in a time of war and as such has broad authority in military matters. She might even be under the assumption that her presence automatically means martial law is in effect.
** We don’t know for sure if it’s within the president’s power to pardon crimes, or at least capital crimes, and we don’t know if such a power would extend to matters of the military. As Admiral Cain put it, she’s a flag officer on detached service in a time of war and as such has broad authority in military matters. She might even be under the assumption that her presence automatically means martial law is in effect.
*** Roslin isn't ordering Cain to let Helo and Tyrol go for the exact same reason she isn't ordering Adama to stand back and let it happen -- she knows there is exactly zero point zero zero percent chance that her order will ever be obeyed. Cain visibly does not give a fuck about legal technicalities and is going to kill whoever she wants, and Adama likewise does not give a fuck about anything except getting his men back alive even if he has to do it over a pile of dead bodies the size of the Pegasus. The irresistible force and the immovable object are about to butt heads, and the only thing Roslin can do is get out of the way of the crash -- and she knows it.
* Octagonal paper. I know, there's plenty of plot holes and logic failures, but that's to be expected. It's the octaganol paper thing that really irritates me for some reason. It's everywhere. every sheet of printout, every photograph, the frames of the photographs, every file folder, even the CD-roms! they all have the corners cut off. And there's no reason for it. It can't be because of alarmingly high paper-cut casualties among the fleet, because an octagonal sheet has twice as many corners to cut yourself with. It can't be because of a paper shortage, because Caprica was covered in trees. It implies that somewhere there's a machine or a low-ranking officer doing nothing but cutting little triangles off of every piece of paper on the ship. WHY? If there's a cultural explanation, (the Gods of Cobol demand that rectangular paper is forbidden!)then why aren't the computer screens also octagonal? Do they need the little triangles for something? And doesn't it play hell with trying to format documents? You need an extra set of margins to print the page numbers! I know it can be chalked up to the art department trying to make stuff look scifi, but the apparent lack of any logical reason for it grates on my nerves.
* Octagonal paper. I know, there's plenty of plot holes and logic failures, but that's to be expected. It's the octaganol paper thing that really irritates me for some reason. It's everywhere. every sheet of printout, every photograph, the frames of the photographs, every file folder, even the CD-roms! they all have the corners cut off. And there's no reason for it. It can't be because of alarmingly high paper-cut casualties among the fleet, because an octagonal sheet has twice as many corners to cut yourself with. It can't be because of a paper shortage, because Caprica was covered in trees. It implies that somewhere there's a machine or a low-ranking officer doing nothing but cutting little triangles off of every piece of paper on the ship. WHY? If there's a cultural explanation, (the Gods of Cobol demand that rectangular paper is forbidden!)then why aren't the computer screens also octagonal? Do they need the little triangles for something? And doesn't it play hell with trying to format documents? You need an extra set of margins to print the page numbers! I know it can be chalked up to the art department trying to make stuff look scifi, but the apparent lack of any logical reason for it grates on my nerves.
** Beyond "It's the way it's always been" what's the logical reason behind the real world using right angled paper? The right angled shape pre-dates most modern technology that were designed to use them in a case of function following form. Maybe Colonial aesthetics just evolved differently, and their technology followed suit. Though I agree on the octagonal CDs, the circular shape we use was chosen for efficiency rather than aesthetics.
** Beyond "It's the way it's always been" what's the logical reason behind the real world using right angled paper? The right angled shape pre-dates most modern technology that were designed to use them in a case of function following form. Maybe Colonial aesthetics just evolved differently, and their technology followed suit. Though I agree on the octagonal CDs, the circular shape we use was chosen for efficiency rather than aesthetics.
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