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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3175214" data-attributes="member: 710">No, that's not what the cylons are. Your proposed Virus has never decided that he wants to kill humans (which would be a stupid decision for a virus, since he needs humans to survive, by the way. It's just that a virus does usually not have control about how deadly he is to his host). He was made, or better, evolved to be so.  But the Cylons decided to destroy humanity. Which is certainly not a good choice and morally wrong. But this decision isn't forever. New Caprica proved that - they decided not to destroy humanity for a while, instead they tried to control them, thinking that genocide wasn't such a great idea, after all. Unfortunately, New Caprica didn't work out (and it's certainly to a big part a fault of the Cylons that it didn't). But this means that their decision isn't made forever. They can change their decisions. There is chance of redemption.Now, in a direct scenario, whole humanity surrounded by Cylon Basestars and no chance of FTL-ing out of it, I can see that it is a real "us or them" scenario, and if genocide is your only option of escape, I can accept wiping out the Cylons. It is still not a good moral choice, but at least there are really no other options between your death and their death. But in the current situation, there are more options, even if they don't look easy. Acting morally isn't about doing what is easy.</blockquote>