A section for Colonial News Bulletin staff or guests to voice their concerns and opinions on past, present and future affairs. A more civil way to duel with words rather than the vibrosword.
Humans are not machines, and machines are not humans. That’s just reality, and the HUMAN capability to feel empathy has nothing to do with it! New Gyr should indeed be a place of refuge, but granting human status to non-humans will not further that goal.
There is nothing greedy or complacent about using robots for labor that no human can safely do. Frankly, intelligence caps on androids may very well be preventing humans from being ruled by deathless cybermasters!
It has been 30 years since the colonists of Phaellos III declared this world to be New Gyr, a place of safety and refuge for the lost and persecuted. To do this they had to rely on the values of empathy and understanding, reaching out to others who they previously feared or called enemies. Now, however, greed and complacency have lead us to put those same values to shame. All around us, every day, sentient Androids suffer in servitude and enforced ignorance due to an outdated legal definition that could be corrected with a few keystrokes.
Editor,
I’m probably going to have some people come down on my for this, but the whole folk tale of the “table chopping incident” has gone on for too long and as my days wane, it’s time I speak up.
Editor,
Thanks for the awesome article about Kite. Many people misunderstand it. It’s so awesome to feel free and it makes you feel happy.
I don’t know why it gets such a bad rap. These little red fishies are really tasty and sweet.
The revised Opinion section is intended to be a place for civil debate and respectful argumentative discourse. It is not intended to be a free-for-all where you try to get as many hits in against your opponent like you just landed on Phaelos III.
