Resolved: That the Human Race be Exterminated
Heinlein decided that we shouldn't be, at least not yet:
((facing)) an intergalactic tribunal (composed of many races) which judges whether new races pose a danger to member species...
Kip makes a stirring speech, quoting from Shakespeare's The Tempest and citing the Parthenon as works of art. The Mother Thing and a representative of another race argue that the short-lived species are essentially children which should be granted more time to learn and grow. In the end, the decision ((on whether to wipe out humanity)) is deferred for several half-lives of radium (several thousand years).
But they obviously did not have a competent District (Galactic?) Attorney. Here's a portion of the evidence such a being should have presented. It's truly disgusting, so I'm going to put it past the cut. A report by the AP appeared in the Washington Post, but, somewhat strangely, has not been picked up by other major newspapers or blogs that I've notice or at least that Google has found.
Jennifer Daugherty ... ((was a)) 30-year-old had the mental abilities of an adolescent...
Police found her body Thursday stuffed into a garbage can in a school parking lot; they say she had been forced to consume detergent and urine - and to write a fake suicide note - before she was fatally stabbed by attackers who also shaved her head and painted her face with nail polish. Six suspects have been charged, including her new "friends."...
She was beaten with a towel rack, vacuum cleaner hose and a crutch, and her body was bound with Christmas decorations, an affidavit said. Police said she was fed vegetable oil, medications and spices in addition to soap and urine.
((facing)) an intergalactic tribunal (composed of many races) which judges whether new races pose a danger to member species...
Kip makes a stirring speech, quoting from Shakespeare's The Tempest and citing the Parthenon as works of art. The Mother Thing and a representative of another race argue that the short-lived species are essentially children which should be granted more time to learn and grow. In the end, the decision ((on whether to wipe out humanity)) is deferred for several half-lives of radium (several thousand years).
But they obviously did not have a competent District (Galactic?) Attorney. Here's a portion of the evidence such a being should have presented. It's truly disgusting, so I'm going to put it past the cut. A report by the AP appeared in the Washington Post, but, somewhat strangely, has not been picked up by other major newspapers or blogs that I've notice or at least that Google has found.
Jennifer Daugherty ... ((was a)) 30-year-old had the mental abilities of an adolescent...
Police found her body Thursday stuffed into a garbage can in a school parking lot; they say she had been forced to consume detergent and urine - and to write a fake suicide note - before she was fatally stabbed by attackers who also shaved her head and painted her face with nail polish. Six suspects have been charged, including her new "friends."...
She was beaten with a towel rack, vacuum cleaner hose and a crutch, and her body was bound with Christmas decorations, an affidavit said. Police said she was fed vegetable oil, medications and spices in addition to soap and urine.