chem slavery and bio slavery

Jerry Friedman · 07 Oct 2002, 14:58 · from urth-v0210.mbox · original

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From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) chem slavery and bio slavery
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:58:17 -0700 (PDT)
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--- "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net> wrote:
...
> The chems didn't follow the bios to Blue
> and Green--the subject never even came up. They had been built to last
> about two-hundred-and-fifty years, the intended duration of the voyage
> of
> the _Whorl_. Planned obsolescence. When the trip was finished, so were
> they.
...

I generally agree with your point about how the chems were thought
of when the _Whorl_ was created, and I thank for you for all this
bits of evidence of prejudice on both sides.  I have a quibble with
the above, though.  Marble was taken to Blue, and isn't Cijfer a
chem?  Outside of New Viron, we may not know about some characters
whether they're chems or not.

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Jerry Friedman

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