This month, the United Nations has organized a panel with the creators and stars of Battlestar Galactica in New York. Here is one short and very interesting clip of the proceedings.

If you are interested.. No scratch that. I strongly encourage you to view the full discussion. The panel talks about issues such as the rule of law, justice, the war on terrorism, politics, religion and more. I personally feel these are topics most people rarely think about and in truth everyone should at least spend a few days thinking about them. I am really glad that Science Fiction, especially Battlestar Galactica has brought to the world a platform on which to look at these issues not only in a very visceral manner, but also from very different angles. How often do you get to see the point of view of a terrorist and realize that he or she is not some crazy nutjob who just wants to kill people, but that they are people in desperate situations who have decided that the only solution is to do a deed they know is evil and causes harm to other human beings?

Please click here for a link to full video of the BSG Panel at United Nations. PS: You will need RealPlayer to view this.

Can I just end by saying that this kind of speculative fiction on the human condition is why I love science fiction so much. If you have not watched Battlestar Galactica, please do watch it. To my friends, I can loan you my BSG DVDs (Just promise you'll return them).