Le Femme Nikita This is a great adventure serial, and does touch, if only slightly, on those facets of society that the population must become conversant with before society can change for the better. Of course, I am talking about hidden agenda's and covert action. The most irritating part of the whole show is when Nikita narrates at the start of each show, the complete baloney "their means are ruthless but their ends are just". What fantasy world does that come from??? She is a slave to these guys for a crime she didn't commit? Societies which engage in dirty tricks, assassinations, manipulation of the masses, mind control, corporate crimes, cover ups, broken treaties and generally hypocritical and superficial behaviors to steal the greatest part of the planets resources and put it into the hands of a few at whatever the cost to indigenous peoples in terms of genocide and misery, must expect some retaliation. To identify any group in this situation dedicated to preventing retaliation as 'just' is mangling the meaning of the word. If she lived in some place that practiced what it preached, and was being treacherously cheated, then her ruthless companions might be considered just. However, as long as her ruthless means are running a defense for ruthless piracy (the real world folks) she should not even use the word 'just', as it has no place in her world: not for her personally, or in what she is part of. In one episode Nikita says 'I do not believe it is OK to be mean'. This seemingly trite statement carries great weight with me. Over and over everywhere in the world we see mean people using dirty tricks to exercise their one-step-upmanship in vile ways. Kind and gentle people are abused until they become perpetrators themselves. Nikita's boss says to her, "there are no brownie points for fair play" and I have to laugh! Until societies realize that crime breeds crime, people will agree with her boss' statement. The theme of an innocent person forced into let's say an ethically compromised position is a valued theme for those who support justice. The ability to survive such injustice is also a positive theme that I like to see on television. In this year's season finale Nikita holds the key to life and death of operations. She believes that Operations is not acting simply out of selfishness but has a higher purpose. C'mon Nikita. Notwithstanding that some of the very nicest people in the world work for operations, face the facts: operations has been subterfuged by a global conspiracy that simply puts guns to heads of the leaders and tells them what to do, and the rest of the time, a few and not all seeing what baloney it all is, engage in their own personal agenda's. Yes, Saddam does lend stability to the region and that is one reason why he is still there, but there is a bigger picture. When President Bush held confirmation hearings for Gates as the DCI to follow Webster, Mel Goodman got up and speaking for the Analysts said that Operations had disregarded the programs assembled by the analyst and engaged in activities that were not part of the program. Keep working on it Nikita and maybe you'll figure it out. Meanwhile, don't lose that big heart of yours! In the company of ruthless killers, Nikita brings unrelenting compassion and beauty episode after episode. In a world where compassion is tantamount to failure, Nikita breaks the rules!!
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