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WCDT Strips 3411 to 3415 (6th to 10th February 2017)
blt:
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--- Quote from: miados on 07 Feb 2017, 20:57 ---Oh i love this page so much!
"you have a choice. Accept the proper punishment or life will be like this"
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Justice systems in which the accused have a choice of confession or torture are generally considered not good things.
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It is, however, a solid basis for a religion.
shanejayell:
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--- Quote from: jheartney on 07 Feb 2017, 21:04 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 07 Feb 2017, 20:44 ---Can Corpse Witch appeal her conviction on the grounds that her confession was coerced by torture?
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She'd need to be able to prove it happened. I doubt Creepybot will leave any evidence.
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So we have somebody running a long-standing and profitable criminal enterprise,,of whom the authorities had some suspicion but no hard evidence, suddenly rolling into a Police station to give herself up and confess to all the things she's done/ And presumably also volunteer evidence against herself (I'm assuming confession alone is not sufficient grounds for conviction).
The authorities are gong to wonder why the hell she did that.
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Or will have a arrest drop into their lap, go 'yay' and carry on. POSSIBLY keeping a eye out on a new gang lord that might have forced Corpse Witch to turn herself in, but otherwise probably not caring THAT much.
brasca:
Corpse Witch mentioned things worse than robot jail, but couldn't have known about this. Perhaps her associates might not take kindly to betrayal.
While I'd prefer to see what everyone else is up to instead of this indulgence of AI torment it does explain why there aren't any AIs trying to imitate Skynet if Creepybot is some kind of vigilante or works for an MIB agency.
Celly:
I really like Legion. Like a whole lot.
Such a powerful entity is the natural result of post-singularity, and Legion's existence helps clarify that point of contention, as to why AI didn't just keep getting more and more powerful, and why did it stop at essentially human-level intelligence. Legion answers that question - it didn't stop.
So it actually clears a whole lot up. There also must be some degree of benevolence, otherwise the rest of the world is just resources that could be put to better use. Legion fits perfectly.
This is far more than just the Bubbles story, it resolves some issues with the universe as a whole.
Legion was pretty quick to become one of my favorite characters, and I for one am pleased with this development in the story. Yes, it opens up a lot of questions, but it also fills in some technical issues that previously had to be suspended to enjoy the story.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 07 Feb 2017, 20:44 ---This is a torture scene and is the darkest QC has ever gotten, even including the attempted murder of Bubbles.
It's also very bad news when an entity as powerful as the Albino Architeuthis claims to be has very few moral principles.
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Either the Albino Arciteuthis is telling a few porkies, or she is not just being very disappointing to me, but also inconsistent with the QCverse.
I choose to view CWs zaps as no more significant than Pintsize enduring a few dings. Communication, basically. The first zap to get CW to be quiet and listen, the second as a reminder. Not that they'd go to the trouble of doing that to her if she doesn't turn herself in. Call it speaking to her in the only language she understands, as evidenced by her justification for the Bubbles booby trap.
I also think this technique is ethically unsound.
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