"Exactly," Lee agrees, "But what happens when there's someone who doesn't speak the language, or comes from a place where there aren't computers, or— or plumbing? There need to be programs in place, because just throwing a pamphlet and an information packet at someone isn't enough."
He knows that for him, it wasn't. There'd been a sense of relief that came after the initial panic at realizing Galactica wasn't in orbit over whatever planet Darrow's on, but after that, he'd felt lost for longer than he probably should have been. And coming from somewhere not to dissimilar, he can't imagine what it must be like for other people. He imagines it's probably terrifying for some.
"And I don't know if you've noticed, but there's still a lot of animosity out there," he goes on to say, remembering that one protest he came upon in the park, months and months ago, "People who don't trust us and feel threatened. As if it's any of our frakking faults that we're here in the first place. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in Darrow's willingness to successfully integrate immigrants."
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Date: 2014-09-21 08:59 am (UTC)He knows that for him, it wasn't. There'd been a sense of relief that came after the initial panic at realizing Galactica wasn't in orbit over whatever planet Darrow's on, but after that, he'd felt lost for longer than he probably should have been. And coming from somewhere not to dissimilar, he can't imagine what it must be like for other people. He imagines it's probably terrifying for some.
"And I don't know if you've noticed, but there's still a lot of animosity out there," he goes on to say, remembering that one protest he came upon in the park, months and months ago, "People who don't trust us and feel threatened. As if it's any of our frakking faults that we're here in the first place. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in Darrow's willingness to successfully integrate immigrants."