Good to know that the cave the Transgenics throw all their worst criminals into has power and wi-fi. I’d hate for the conditions to be cruel or anything.
Ayup. See: http://skin-horse.com/comic/unity-had/ where it’s noted that the proposition covers all sapients. With equal protection comes a right to trial by jury and not being thrown into a cave for the rest of your life.
This would also explain why Artie is opposed to it: He figured out who was behind it and why (as shown by his comment yesterday).
He’s presumably not in favour of every transgenic criminal being released all at once with no legal way to re-arrest them until they’re caught committing another crime.
If nothing else, all it would take is one of them hurting a human for human-transgenic relations to be set back decades.
Going down, deep underground,
Here we hide, no one knows us!
In the darkness where we cannot be found,
We will pose as the Dead, to be free!
Now we’ve got … devious plot
(Plus severe halitosis),
Pose as zombies when, in fact, we are not!
Log the hours that you listen to me!
It’s the … ploy of the tiger, it’s the plot of the cat!
It’s the scheme of the feline striped conniver!
We will … lead from the shadows, they don’t know where we’re at!
You will see,
We’ll be free!
It’s the ploy … of the tiger!
…so, the Transgenic League have an emerging new power living in their oubliette, while the Undead had a feral swamp under their town, and Annex One is presumably still sitting over a hostile multi-species empire in the basement. I see a pattern.
Every would-be evil overlord’s worst nightmare: a henchman who is not only competent and diligent, but also genre-savvy. This guy could put him out of business.
To avert future rants, I will recognize that H.T. is only metaphorically an “evil overlord”, and more of an extremist. The situation stands, though.
It’s a good thing we know he’s talking about Prop 39, otherwise we’d have to figure out which vaguely-worded referendum he meant ^_^
He wants to declare breath mints for tax purposes?
His breath must REALLY stink.
he is carnavor
Good to know that the cave the Transgenics throw all their worst criminals into has power and wi-fi. I’d hate for the conditions to be cruel or anything.
It’s a shame, really. People with hats and beards don’t deserve even that.
Not enough prison rape for your tastes?
Evidently they need wi-fi so they can file their taxes. So, not an unmixed blessing.
No, tiger, your breath will never be mints. That is a silly declaration.
The tiger is telling the fox they must pose as zombies? So that’s the deal with the hat? I’m calling it.
No, Unity made the hat when she first was in New Orleans.
Yes, I know. But that doesn’t mean the hat is actually dead.
Oh, he wrote prop39 so it looked like it was for zombies, but he wrote it with loopholes, so it will include them too?
Ayup. See: http://skin-horse.com/comic/unity-had/ where it’s noted that the proposition covers all sapients. With equal protection comes a right to trial by jury and not being thrown into a cave for the rest of your life.
This would also explain why Artie is opposed to it: He figured out who was behind it and why (as shown by his comment yesterday).
The question is… why is he opposed? He approves of the cave?
He’s presumably not in favour of every transgenic criminal being released all at once with no legal way to re-arrest them until they’re caught committing another crime.
If nothing else, all it would take is one of them hurting a human for human-transgenic relations to be set back decades.
Hey! Prop. 39 could make up for the lack of the Equal Rights Anendment. Glad I live in California—they’ve won this sapient’s vote.
WORD.
(TUNE: “Eye Of The Tiger”, Survivor)
Going down, deep underground,
Here we hide, no one knows us!
In the darkness where we cannot be found,
We will pose as the Dead, to be free!
Now we’ve got … devious plot
(Plus severe halitosis),
Pose as zombies when, in fact, we are not!
Log the hours that you listen to me!
It’s the … ploy of the tiger, it’s the plot of the cat!
It’s the scheme of the feline striped conniver!
We will … lead from the shadows, they don’t know where we’re at!
You will see,
We’ll be free!
It’s the ploy … of the tiger!
What tax the fox pay?
I’m sure you can write a filk based on that idea, complete with sound effects.
Is Renard, by any chance, from Idaho? He seems oddly obsessed with bureaucratic exactness for an animal that isn’t Sweetheart.
Er, something went wrong with my attempt to reply-thread. See my reply below.
…so, the Transgenic League have an emerging new power living in their oubliette, while the Undead had a feral swamp under their town, and Annex One is presumably still sitting over a hostile multi-species empire in the basement. I see a pattern.
Though it is unlikely to come up, Renard is indeed from Idaho. Exactly one person out there is likely to be amused by this fact.
And now I want to see Renard in a blue neckerchief.
Woo! Go Broncos!
Though, I am curious how you picked up on this just from Renard’s obsession with bureaucratic exactness.
Of course a henchman listening to his boss monologue would be on the clock. I need to make sure my accountant understands that!
Every would-be evil overlord’s worst nightmare: a henchman who is not only competent and diligent, but also genre-savvy. This guy could put him out of business.
To avert future rants, I will recognize that H.T. is only metaphorically an “evil overlord”, and more of an extremist. The situation stands, though.