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Apr 18 2006, 03:17 AM
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Midnight Toker ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Also, it isn't illegal to be a ghoul in the UCAS any more than it is illegal to be HIV positive in the USA today. Its just that in the UCAS the police can quarintine and/or execute you to prevent the spread of the virus in the same way that some people today support the mass quarintine or the mass execution of HIV postive persons to prevent the spread of the virus. This falls under public health powers rather than police powers and should be carried out under the auspices of the UCAS' CDC equivilant.
Even before goulification was recognized as a disease it was a pblic health mater rather than a criminal one. Feral ghouls can be classified as mentally ill or mentally retarded and thus the government can institutionalize and execute them for their own safety and the safety of others even if they have not commited a crime. Over the decades ghoul rights activists have made great strides across the world. Bounties and kill on sight orders are becoming more and more rare, especially within the UCAS. In many nation ghouls who retain their intelligence are still able to exercise most of their rights and some major cities have thriving ghoul communities. There is even an entire country run by ghouls for ghouls in Africa, sort of like an Israel for HIV carriers. Being a ghoul is just like having any other blood-borne disease that requires constant maintaince drugs. In this case, the drug is rotting metahuman flesh instead of an expensive antiviral cocktail. The main obstacle for a ghoul in 2064 is the hygine issues that accompany the condition and which make interacting with uninfected metahumans fairly difficult. |
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Apr 19 2006, 01:27 AM
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 8,447 |
Wait a second don't most ghouls scavenge in the first place? It would be too expensive otherwise.
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Apr 19 2006, 02:57 AM
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
there is a large organlegging operation in the UCAS CAS and other areas called Tamanous
it is ghoul run and anything that isn't salable is ghoul chow |
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