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WCDT 4171-4175 (6 to 10 Jan 2020)
BenRG:
To me, the galling thing isn't the minimum-spec body. That's typical government welfare procurement in action. What makes me angry is the the Department of Correction knowingly sourcing a barely-adequate chassis and then refusing to assist in maintaining it in any way. That's basically morally similar to deliberately infecting someone with a disease and then saying that it isn't your problem to provide treatment. It's this that will be the damning aspect of any lawsuit on the matter.
TheEvilDog:
Hence my comparison to a suit given to a long term prisoner when they are released.
In the mind of the Department of Corrections bureaucrat, its not their fault that the suit is falling apart, its the convict's for wearing it to meetings, interviews and other mandatory release conditions. Likewise, its not their fault that May's chassis is failing apart; its May's for constantly using it for work and trying to integrate back into society.
St.Clair:
There is a minimum regulatory requirement, set by some other agency or legislature; they have met that minimum requirement; job done.
Any further action, or consideration of action, is not their responsibility.
(Isn't bureaucracy grand?)
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 09 Jan 2020, 05:27 ---Hence my comparison to a suit given to a long term prisoner when they are released.
In the mind of the Department of Corrections bureaucrat, its not their fault that the suit is falling apart, its the convict's for wearing it to meetings, interviews and other mandatory release conditions. Likewise, its not their fault that May's chassis is failing apart; its May's for constantly using it for work and trying to integrate back into society.
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Nah, see my above post. Assigning blame would require caring about anything but following the (minimum) rules, which the department (or its representative) clearly does not.
People of this sort and level maintain that their sole duty is to implement policy set by others; that is their focus and their shield.
"Fault" only enters the picture as a question of liability ... which I suspect it soon might.
Torlek:
--- Quote from: Dngrsone on 09 Jan 2020, 04:58 ---So, in effect, May is required to have a physical body as a term of her parole because she is not allowed direct access to a network due to the nature of her crime(s).
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So after rooting through the archives for an hour, I wasn't able to find a direct reference to this restriction but I do half remember it being mentioned. It's entirely possible I was looking in the wrong years (coincidentally, the SS MartenClaire has been happily sailing for over 5 years now, where does the time go?). Does anybody know where such a restriction is explicitly mentioned?
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