At one point the discussion lit a fire under the Admiral, and the talk of human rights turned personal for Edward James Olmos. The Old Man launched into a passionate speech about casting off the idea of race as a cultural determinant, and said we were one race, the human race. His voice echoed throughout the chamber growing louder until — I kid you not — he was yelling, So Say We All, and the crowd answered right back. Hell, even I yelled it, I was in the fraking United Nations with Adama, the gods themselves could not have stopped this moment.

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