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Joss is so clever

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UPDATED: Friday, February 24, 2006 18:29
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Friday, February 24, 2006 6:16 PM

I just picked up Orwell's 1984, and just a couple of pages into it he mentioned the Ministry of Peace, or Minipax. Anyone remember a quote from the movie... "It's the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors.."
Those Mirandans sure found peace.

Just thought I'd share.

Tristen

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Friday, February 24, 2006 6:20 PM

GUTTERBALL

My immediate thought in the theater was about the Pax Romana -- the Peace of Rome. I figure they just called it the Peace Drug, though they gave it a fancible name like "G27 Paxalon Gas". It was, after all, supposed to bring about peace.

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Friday, February 24, 2006 6:22 PM

THEPISTONENGINE

Probably that too, but 1984 fits better with the total social domination the Alliance had over core planets.

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Friday, February 24, 2006 6:29 PM

DAVESHAYNE

Pax is the latin word for peace. Frequently seen in use as part of the phrase Pax Romanus, the peace imposed upon the empire by the military might of the legions. So it stands to reason that both Whedon and Orwell would use it in reference to a peace being imposed by a tyranical government.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

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