"eejits", whats your opinion? I personally think that eejits are a great idea, to an extent. We have overflowing jails and we are starting to have no where to put these criminals. That's where eejits are a wonderful idea. These people are wasting away in these penitentiary systems when they could be doing and serving people. If we turned all criminals into eejits we would firstly rid the country of dangerous people who would one day be released back into the world, and secondly they would be providing services to the country and free labor.
On the other side of spectrum we have human rights. Eejits area great idea but when we really look, even though these people are criminals and will soon die in jail. They all have the right to life and should have the choice to be turned into an eejit. People can say how bad these people are, but there could be people in jail that we wrongly accused and sentenced when they did not do it.
We have looked at both sides but now we need to find a compromise. What I suggest is that we don't make all criminals eejits but only those who are sentenced to execution. These criminals are already going to die so there is really nothing wrong with just putting a chip in there brain and killing them with no thoughts for life.
Nick, I like how in this post you explore eejits. They are not looked on as people but robots. I like how you explore both sides of the issues. How they provide good labour at a cheap price and how people in jail should be treated. The other side is human rights issues and freedom. I believe that you could have gone a bit deeper by exploring who is behind the eejits. Overall good work.
ReplyDeleteReading this post made me a little uncomfortable to know that you actually think that the idea of eejits are a good thing (to an extent). Personally, I think there is a reason Farmer decided to use eejits as an example of a dreadful thing that is simply cruel and ruthless. I believe she also used the concept of eejits to represent El Patron's obsession with power and his inconsiderate idea of life, as well as the dystopian society that the story takes place in. I agree with you in the sense that criminals should be put to good use for the community as well as serve time in jail, however I completely disagree with implanting chips in their brains. Eejits have absolutely no emotion and can't control what they do, and I believe that doing something like this is completely contradicting our idea of human rights.
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