Comments on: Beautiful World 16: Frustration

By: ANTIcarrot

ANTIcarrot — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:57:47 +0000

I get the impression that the analouge part of this story occurs in America. Do people stop becomming US citizens when they move to Irokai? If yes, Irokai is a nation with a terrible human rights record, and America simply wouldn’t trade with them. Unlike certain RL nations, Irokai has no natural resources with which to barter a more lenient policy.

If no, then John has the right of appeal to the US government, and Mitsuko has the right of appeal to the Japanese government. (Whom I assume wrote some stringent anti-abuse laws when AIs like her started turning up.) Or at least the local equivolent of the Financial Services Ombidsman reguarding John’s account.

In this chapter I found it difficult to believe that people living in Irokai would be so uninformed about the ways that their corporation could be attacked legally and politically.

By: cobaltie.livejournal.com/

cobaltie.livejournal.com/ — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:00:18 +0000

I agree with Nicky. Gave me shivers, for sheer emotional intensity. And I’m very curious what machinations John will try to pull off…and very glad that the Future Shock crew will be getting involved! :-D

I also agree with Jules. This is how it really should have been done a long time ago, but… good intentions being what they are…

By: Channing

Channing — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:36 +0000

So how are they going to pull *this* off, pray tell?

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:22 +0000

Wow….well now I know the answer to a question that I asked you a long time ago:
What does happen when a person who can’t get kicked out runs out of money?

This, wow, this chapter’s about on par with Immigration for stirring of emotional goodness. The way you communicate the sheer despair that John must be feeling…it very much reminds me of Izzy after coming back from the DSHS offices. Like you’ve shouted and shouted until you’re hoarse, and they still fall back on a position of “we’re bigger than you.”

On a random note…does Mitsuko not use contractions?