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WCDT strips 3836-3840 (24 to 28 September 2018)
BenRG:
Well, I've got the feeling that this arc is beginning to run out of steam now, unless this is all about Roko taking over the AI rights advocate arc that was supposed to feature Hannelore but got postponed when he put her on a bus with a camera-phone to send us back the occasional strip. I'm not sure how I feel about it if I'm right.
That aside, I find myself wondering about how Roko learned about May's little criminal enterprise was all about wanting to be a fighter jet. Unless she specifically looked her up after their previous encounter at Corpse Witch's place, I'm wondering if May is perceived by some to be a bigger cheese than May herself believes herself to be. That might explain a lot if we see a punky girl who made an enormous impulse-driven error at her first job and everyone else in authority sees a synthetic version of Bernie Madoff!
Finally, today Roko learns why it is that, with the exception of Dale (who seems to feel an elder brother's responsibility towards her) most of May's friends can only tolerate her in small amounts with long cool-off times between them!
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Case on 27 Sep 2018, 22:42 ---I don't quite get all attention put on individual cities' police departments - are state and city police completely different and independent organizational units?
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In most US states that's an emphatic YES, and you can add county (or parish in Louisiana) sheriff's offices as another layer.
People assume that law enforcement in the US is a monolithic institution when in reality it is anything but.
JimC:
> screwed for mistakes you've already paid for.
Well that's life. You pay for your mistakes, to a greater or lesser extent, for the rest of your life.
Doesn't matter how well I look after my teeth now, they're always going to be compromised by the poor care they got when I was younger.
Something that's been repaired is pretty much never ever quite as good as something that was never broken. Same is true of mental and social status as physical.
OldGoat:
We've speculated on how AIs acquire education, and since they are computers it's reasonable to assume they can simply download information. That Mr. Bartholomew Punchbot, CPA has never reminisced about his college days supports this theory. AIs, like humans, have differing levels of intellectual capacity, and Roko seems to be on the bright side, even among AIs.
Is Roko going to download a JD and sit the next Massachusetts bar exam? She has the smarts and practical knowledge of the criminal justice system. I can definitely see her as an attorney (and she'd have plenty of opportunities to user her "I am surrounded by idiots" face from panel 4).
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 27 Sep 2018, 23:52 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 27 Sep 2018, 22:42 ---I don't quite get all attention put on individual cities' police departments - are state and city police completely different and independent organizational units?
--- End quote ---
In most US states that's an emphatic YES, and you can add county (or parish in Louisiana) sheriff's offices as another layer.
People assume that law enforcement in the US is a monolithic institution when in reality it is anything but.
--- End quote ---
I'm wondering whether that might not be part of the problem. It's much harder to oversee and regulate a decentralised institution, that's basically made up of little baronies that defend their own turf and authority, than a single, unified body.
Edit: But if we want to dig deeper into that, we might want to take it to Discuss.
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