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WCDT strips 3751-3755 (28th May to 1st June 2018)
Zebediah:
Pintsize went to a robot bachelor party, which implies that robots can marry each other. At least in Massachusetts.
I also expect that robots can marry humans in QC Massachusetts, given our recent record on marriage equality issues. And they can probably marry in the rest of the US as soon as the Supreme Court gets around to ruling that the Loving v. Virginia decision applies to AIs.
A small perverse otter:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 01 Jun 2018, 18:18 ---Pintsize went to a robot bachelor party, which implies that robots can marry each other. At least in Massachusetts.
I also expect that robots can marry humans in QC Massachusetts, given our recent record on marriage equality issues. And they can probably marry in the rest of the US as soon as the Supreme Court gets around to ruling that the Loving v. Virginia decision applies to AIs.
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It would probably depend more on Obergefell v. Hodges, since that recognized a fundamental right to marry. There would still be a huge hill to cliimb -- AI/human marriages would be a great extension of the Southern strategy to another batch of bigots -- but in the end, the couples would win.
I am so looking forward to watching _Whittaker v. Twenty-seven-I_ proceed through the courts. (Twenty-seven-I is the current Secretary of State of Georgia in my headcanon.)
Akima:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 01 Jun 2018, 16:25 ---Here's a question. Given how long it took to legalize marriage between same-sex humans, is it even legal for humans and robots to marry each other? AIs have full civil rights but so did gay people and it wasn't enough by itself to allow them to marry.
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I would argue that a person who may not legally marry the adult partner of their choice does not have full civil rights, and that gay people do not have full civil rights until they can do so.
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 01 Jun 2018, 03:16 ---Yeah, sure, that’s all well and good in their perfect little world, but when Joe Nobody comes in off the street and says “I want my name in Kanji”, it’s just plain irresponsible (and yes, I would agree, fraudulent) for the artist to just whip out a bunch of random (cuz basically, that’s what it is) characters, and say “here you go”, since they are not, in fact, giving the customer what they asked for.
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I agree entirely. I would say that an ethical and professional tattooist should refuse to do the work in those circumstances unless they are themselves competent to "translate" the customer's chosen name or message into Japanese, Chinese, or whatever the target language and writing-system happens to be.
Names, however, are especially difficult, at least in Chinese, because non-Chinese names are written phonetically using the sound of the characters when spoken aloud. For example Albert Einstein is 阿尔伯特 爱因斯坦 (Ā'ěrbótè Àiyīnsītǎn) and Helen Keller is 海伦 凯勒 (Hǎilún Kǎilē). Any decent on-line Chinese dictionary will give you the normally-accepted Chinese version(s) of common Western personal names, but then someone seeking a tattoo will have to choose the style in which the characters should be written, and Chinese calligraphy is a lifetime's study in itself. If you must get a hanzi tattoo, please don't get it done in a style that looks like the label on a can of beans.
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: A small perverse otter on 01 Jun 2018, 16:56 ---Oh, Lord. Think of the cries about Weakening the Human Race Miscegenation Sterility of the Marriage WeCanFindSomethingJustLetUsThinkAboutIt there would be.
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"It's a slippery slope, you know! Next thing you know, people will be marrying their tables and chairs! When will the degenerate liberals stop destroying the foundations of America!?"
I actually heard that exact complaint in my coffee shop after Obergefell v Hodges. That's not even hyperbole. Tables and chairs. I doubt it will be any better in the QC universe.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Akima on 01 Jun 2018, 18:57 ---... someone seeking a tattoo will have to choose the style in which the characters should be written, and Chinese calligraphy is a lifetime's study in itself. If you must get a hanzi tattoo, please don't get it done in a style that looks like the label on a can of beans.
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Unless, of course, you want your upper arm to look like a can of beans with your name on it. ;)
Thank you. You've just given me a horrifying idea for a tattoo (not 'an idea for a horrifying tattoo').
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