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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)

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BenRG:

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--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 16 Oct 2015, 02:03 ---Remember when this strip was about people and interpersonal relationships instead of emo Blade Runner extras? That was awesome. If this week is any indication, it's now a 1:4 ratio, respectively.
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Are you suggesting that Bubbles isn't a person?
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It's been well over 24 hours, and I still have no idea how to answer this.
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Try to answer it from an in-universe perspective. Do you consider Bubbles a 'person' - a fully realised being with strengths, weaknesses, quirks and flaws just like any human or do you think that, in the end, Faye is dealing with misaligned machinery and/or corrupted software in a military combat drone?

Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Oct 2015, 14:36 ---a fully realised being with strengths, weaknesses, quirks and flaws just like any human
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I would consider her all of those things, but does being all of those things make her a person?

BenRG:

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--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Oct 2015, 14:36 ---a fully realised being with strengths, weaknesses, quirks and flaws just like any human
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I would consider her all of those things, but does being all of those things make her a person?
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To me, yes. 'Person' (as least to me) meaning 'something that has the complexity, autonomy and self-identity similar to that of a human on top of sapience and sentience.

It's risky to use 'like a human' as a defining characteristic but, really, it's the only solid reference template we've got right now.

Method of Madness:
By that definition, are all humans people?

(I know technically the proper pluralization would be "persons", but...ugh, that word never looks right.)

Zebediah:
I prefer to assume that all members of the species Homo sapiens are people, because the alternative is a nasty can of worms that I would rather not open.

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