The old adage "Only the strong survive" may still apply here as well.
On Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:01 AM, Larry Barron <knot_disclosed_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
Again I have to ask...
What about those injured in accidental fashion that end up with permanent disabilities... Is there retraining? And then there's the developmentally disabled or the learning disabled... look at Enstine for example..., he was almost considered "retarded" because he could not handle simple math well! What would have happened to those like him? I'm talking about the "non visible" stigmas that these people receive "well after birth"! For example the mentally ill or the autistic, the idiot savionts, the learning disabled, those theses stigmas are placed on them by others that we use that are not visible just by "looks alone", what happens to them? How are they dealt with? What happens to those that "don't" contribute to society enough? And who gets to consider all this? Are they simply banished to die out side? or killed in public excacutions? or left to die in the gutter? How is all this handled? The feline classes for example (if it is the same as on earth)
"must eat meat" do they have "cattle species" for the strictly meat eaters? And what about the reptilian species, are they represented at all or just rare? And are there any fish or strictly aquatic furs or Avians? And I have to ask how do they deal with there "seniors" that would "retire" here? Do they have slums? SO MANY QUESTIONS! LOL
Have you ever heard of the "Moties"? (A Si-Fi series of aliens created by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle) Is your world set up kinda like theirs, where the different species and sub species are mostly set to do work where best suited according to there body structure (unless found to be better at something else) or simply killed off if not able to preform the proper class of work? I mean do equines have hooves or hands? There are "so many" things like this that still puzzle me simply because I just cant afford your comics on my current income and because I came into the group so late...
P.S. sorry for the larger font used previously (failing eyesight)
Just remember...
I don't eat nuts, as it would be Cannibalism! & I hate being Bi-Polar, IT’S AWESOME!!!!
Hey why use a small word when a diminutive or miniscule one will work just as well??
LOL!
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>Although the dates I use for the stories are listed as the mid 1700's, they're actually about 500-600 years AHEAD of our time period. The science on their world is far more advanced than ours. As such, it's possible to repair many of the damages caused by accidents (though certainly not all of them).
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>The society structure is set up in such a way that each and every person is expected to contribute to the benefit of everyone. Schooling starts at the age of 4, high school finishes up by 16, 4 years of college are guaranteed by the state (if the student decides to continue his/her education), although a 2-year pause is permitted between high school and college. If a person is not enrolled in college after high school, they'd better be working.
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>The more money a person makes, the more they are responsible for. As an example, Valencia owns and operates
the Skunkworks studio, and also owns 2 other pieces of property. She would be considered "wealthy", but she's far, far behind what someone like Crystal Vaughn earns. And yet, after all the texes and dues are paid, they aren't set up like the rich in our world are. In their world, if you make boffo bucks, you can bet your ass it had better be invested in things that will benefit society, whether that be science, education, preservation or city programs.
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>In their world, each person is expected to carry their own weight yet also be able to offer assistance to others if needed (put the needs of the many before the one). Obviously, it doesn't always work out like that, but that was how their society was set up. And, just like ours, it has its share of problems, slackers and combatants.
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>I think the harshest thing about their nature (which is actually very
similar to the nature observed here) is that offspring who have a likelihood of being born in a manner that would require life-long medical care just to survive, or those with severe physical deformities (missing limbs, or sprouting 2 heads or something), are nearly always killed before birth. Survival of the fittest and all that; it's how it works in the animal kingdom here, and it's really no different there.
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>Their world was never meant to appear as some sort of rainbow-sprouting, butterfly-flapping-in-the-breeze kinda world. It was meant to be futuristic and advanced, but still holding very close to the more bestial natures of the inhabitants.
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