Science fiction has always been a vehicle for discussing emerging and pressing social political issues by analogy. Nothing is new here. However, how an issue is addressed and framed makes the point all the more relevant and inescapable.
Stargate SG1 sequence entitled the “Shroud” (my personal favorite) tells about an enemy that must convert you to their system of beliefs or kill you as an unbeliever. Who is credible, who is trustworthy are issues explored. The most interesting aspect of the epizode — to me — was the seduction and manipulation of Daniel. How good people can become willing pons and do evil… or will he?
Do the ends justify the means? How can one face evil unless one adopts the same tactics? These are all good questions… and the currency is high in today’s world.
Roger Freberg
I seldom blog on science fiction, but science fiction is a subject that has always fascinated and captured the interest of me and my family. Science non-fiction is valued as well.
