[57north-discuss] Themed Thursdays

[richard.buchan at dbil.com]

Vogons commenting without post scripting with a poem is a violation
against poem law enforcement notice 'Lesser life form communications
legislation' form 1324A paragraph 4 subsection 94; to-wit: 
'...communications with lesser life forms (any life form that is not
Vogon) will inherently require mandatory amendment and recitement of the
vogon poem of the day - day here constitutes reference to VMT (Vogon Mean
Time) taken from the Vogon meridian at Vreenwich'
- please dont let it happen again.


Also, as king of the fish, I do actually believe I am in a position to
comment on the knotty question of standing on cyborg triops; by the mere
fact that these are cyborg triops means that standing on them would make
absolutely no difference to the living state, obviously they would have
reinforced titanium outer skeletal forms with associated pneumatic and
electrical systems, sensors and weaponised air born chemical deterants
(commonly known as silent but deadly farts), king henry VIII suit of
armour comes to mind, with of course the cod piece needed only for the
southern dwellers.



>> P.s. Where do we stand on cyborg Triops [1], ethically speaking?  Seems
>> more doable.
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triops
>
>
> Your honour, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if you'll just lend me
> your ear for a brief moment longer, I shall clear up the "against"
> argument for the standing on cyborg Triops.
>
> The members of the Cyborg Triops genus are very concerned about the
> recent trend of honourary Vogons standing on them. They would like me,
> as their legal representative in this instance, to clarify that
> "ethically speaking", to use the offensive side's own words, there is no
> reason for standing on a Cyborg Triops.
>
> This, naturally, leads to the conclusion that there is no location where
> it can be considered appropriate to stand on a cyborg triops - if,
> "ethically speaking" it's unacceptable to stand on a triops of any
> variety, then the location of standing is not going to change this fact.
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that we are the kind of civilisation that
> compartmentalises murder? Strong words, I know, but you're robbing
> another innocent lifeform of it's continued existance. To ask for an
> ethical position to kill these augmented creatures? I think the
> offensive speaker's priorities need to be adjusted!
>
> I lay to rest the against argument - that to stand on a Triops, cyborg
> or otherwise, is unacceptable ethically, regardless of location.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sir General Engineer Hibbington III esq, Legal Council for Triops
> (cyborg and other varieties).
>
>
> ...
>
> We should do a comedy debates night.
>
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