Post by LEMON on Jun 12, 2010 13:54:32 GMT -5
THE YEAR IS 2050, THE CITY IS NEW YORK
REPLICANTS TOO HUMAN? PROTESTS CONTINUE
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WE ALL KNOW THEM, AND SEE THEM. THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE US, BUT THE
THING IS, THEY ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE. THEY ARE NOT HUMAN. THEY LOOK
HUMAN, AND SURE, SOME OF THEM HAVE HUMAN MANNERISMS, BUT THEY
ARE MORE MACHINE THAN HUMAN, UNDERNEATH IT ALL. BENEATH THE SKIN
LAY WIRE AND BLOOD VESSELS, THINGS ONCE EXPLOITED BY NEW PATH BEFORE
AN IMMUNIZATION WAS MADE FOR THE VIRUS UNLEASHED BY RUSSIA. REPLICANTS
DO BETTER THAN JUST OFFER US ORGANS, NOW-- THEY TAKE THE JOBS THAT NO
HUMAN WANTS. THE DANGEROUS ONES. AND WHY SHOULDN'T THEY? THEY'RE
FASTER AND STRONGER THAN HUMANS. EASILY EXPLOITABLE. PROGRAMMED TO
DO OUR BIDDING. RIGHT?
SOME OF THEM GO WRONG.
FOR EXAMPLE, THESE 'SKINWALKERS', THE REPLICANTS MADE FOR PROSTITUTION,
OFTEN GO ROGUE, THE WIRING GETS CROSSED, OR SOMETHING GOES WRONG,
AND THEY'RE MORE HUMAN THAN WE'D LIKE TO BELIEVE. OFTEN, THE ROGUES
HAVE EMOTIONS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SENDS OUT REPLICANT RETIREMENT
BEFORE THEY CAN TALK OR TELL THEIR STORIES. WE HEAR RUMORS OF SOME OF
THEM WALKING AMONG US, PERHAPS THE ONES THAT SEEM A LITTLE OFF ON
THE STREET, BUT, OF COURSE, NO ONE APPROACHES THEM. THEY DO THE JOBS
IN BARS, DEGRADING THINGS TO EARN A BUCK AND KEEP THEIR IDENTITIES AND
LIVES. SOME OF THEM GO TO CANADA, WHERE MORE RIGHTS ARE OFFERED FOR
REPLICANTS. NEW PATH DEMANDS THAT ANY ROGUE BE RETURNED TO THE
FACILITIES, BUT CANADA DOESN'T DARE EXTRADITE WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE
A HUMAN LIFE.
THEREFORE, ARE REPLICANTS HUMAN? ARE THEY SIMPLY MACHINES? NO, OF
COURSE NOT. SOME OF THEM FEEL. THEY ALL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE HUMANS DO--
BUT WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE FOR THEIR RIGHTS? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE
TREAT THEM ALL LIKE BAD BODY DOUBLES, SOMETHING TO BE SCRUBBED OFF THE
FACE OF THE EARTH, RATHER THAN A HELP. I URGE YOU TO TREAT THEM AS HUMANS,
AS YOUR BROTHER OR YOUR SISTER OR YOUR FRIEND. CHANCES ARE, YOU'RE FRIENDS
WITH SOMETHING MADE TO SERVE YOU, AND YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT.
SHOULDN'T WE GIVE REPLICANTS THE SAME RIGHTS AS HUMANS? OR, AT LEAST...
SHOULDN'T WE DEHUMANIZE THEM?
-- A CONCERNED CITIZEN
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