Re: [BNW] Some weird setting questions

[whytcrow@io.com]

>I don't see Roe vs Wade happening. Given the strong religious  presence in
>the setting. Deltas can be used as evidence for the exsistence of God or
>Macro-Evolution. Both have a strong case given the circumstances. And the
>massive civil unrest caused by the Civil Rights Movement would not have been
>tolerated by the Govenment. Regardless of the nobility behind the movement.
>Facists don't believe it justice, only order. Anything that endangered their
>control would be destroyed. At the very least they already know who the
>President is.

Those are some good points.  I'll need to check back at my core book 
to see if there even still is a Supreme Court, but if there is, what 
the hell do they do?  Constitutionality of laws isn't ever going to 
come up, and I doubt that folks get all those free apeals when on 
death row.

I hadn't thought too much until now about how the "little" issues 
would get lost.  Although you can take it two ways:  either tolerance 
in general hasn't become widespread (muted civil rights makes for 
less education) or everyone picks on the deltas and has little time 
left to pick on race, religion, and sexual orientation.

Interesting.  I see BNW as having gone more the second route, but 
there is a wealth of ideas that stems from this overall question. 
Hmm...makes random notes.

Jennifer

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