Posts from Actaea

I also never understood the hype around *insert actress/singer's name*, to be honest.

Well, why not, in some, albeit rare, cases, when you really liked someone in a movie...? Why not? The question is, Jolie and Fox definitely aren't among those rare cases.

Especially now, I remember Fox in Transformers... Ugh, that was quite a theatrical absurdity.

And, by the way, a lot depends on the photograph (is that wrong? the contest should be objective).
Please, is the first one worse? Is the second one better? Is the third one better?

Or, here’s another example: I always disliked the Knight faction, but it seems Arandor likes it.

Which Kira?

They were grown in different laboratory conditions, but clearly originate from the same genetic base.

More and more, citizens are drinking before getting behind the wheel. A group of concerned citizens wants something done.
The Debate

Xu King, head of Champignons's chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous, says that drunk drivers need help. "Alcoholism is a nasty thing, a disease. The government has to help these poor souls to avoid the temptations of liquor, and wine, and beer, and hard cider, and brandy, and?" His eyes get a glazed far off look, "Where was I? Oh right, we have to help these people, not imprison them."

"That's lovely," says Abraham Rubin, a noted anti-alcohol advocate, "In a perfect world where rehab fixes everything. But this is the real world, and it doesn't bring back the victims. Drunk drivers kill people every day. If they take others' lives, the government must take theirs!"

"All of those plans attack the symptoms, not the disease," says Minister of Transportation Hillary Cruz, "Alcohol is a curse, a poison sent by the Devil to tempt mankind. We cannot trust people to make decisions for themselves. The only answer is prohibition. Ban alcohol completely."

Following recent advances in artificial intelligence, debate has arisen in Aztox over whether AIs should have the right to citizenship.
The Debate

“Giving citizenship to computers and software programs is just downright crazy,” says citizen Jessica Cho. “Who knows if they’re even really alive? Just because some of them may look human doesn’t mean they’re equal to us. It could all just be imitation.”

“These beings have just as much of a right to citizenship as the rest of us,” argues civil rights activist Jake McKay. “True, we may not be able to tell if they’re really ‘alive’, per se, but how can we tell that they aren’t? But the androids should be put at the top of the list. At least we know that they have the same viewpoint as us humans.”

“This is craziness!” says Zeke Jefferson, a resident interviewed by the popular news show ‘Talk o’ the Town’. “It’s just blasphemy, plain and simple! We’re, like, playin’ God here! It’s evil, man, evil! What if they turned against us? All forms of AI should be banned, dudes.”