See, I'm slightly Cain on the Quorum and the voice of the people thing: it's an icky situation and the people do need to be heard, but the quorum has far too much power and control in a time of war. It might be a long time of war, but it's still a time of war and the decisions about the safety of the fleet should not be brought up before the committee first, when you're being hunted.
As for Gaeta and Zarek? I've yet to see any notion that Zarek is interested in the voice of the people. Gaeta might still have that in him still if Zarek doesn't influence him enough, but is dealing with that something he's capable of? He's certainly got the power and rhetoric -- enough to do in one mess hall chat what took Roslin and Baltar much more time, respectively. But there's the "then what?" to deal with.
Of course, the bloodthirsty is here too and I have this odd feeling that everything and everyone is just going to go *boom* which really, solves the whole problem.
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As for Gaeta and Zarek? I've yet to see any notion that Zarek is interested in the voice of the people. Gaeta might still have that in him still if Zarek doesn't influence him enough, but is dealing with that something he's capable of? He's certainly got the power and rhetoric -- enough to do in one mess hall chat what took Roslin and Baltar much more time, respectively. But there's the "then what?" to deal with.
Of course, the bloodthirsty is here too and I have this odd feeling that everything and everyone is just going to go *boom* which really, solves the whole problem.