[B7L] Re: People More Important (was Shadows of Blake)

Stephen wrote: .I know that it > emphasises the difference between Blake and the Federation (People are more important than things>

Yes, Blake has said that people are more important than things. But Avon says something like the following several times (this quote from "Volcano"), and nobody seems to contradict him:

AVON: All right, but you haven't much time. If you are not back here in an hour I shall have to consider the safety of the Liberator as the first priority. Do you understand me?

Is it "the safety of the Liberator is first because I want it and I don't care about the rest of you?" Or is it "the safety of the Liberator is first because only it can protect the rest of us?" And why doesn't anybody argue???

--Ann