Helen Krummenacker wrote:
Jenny said...
He also appears to kill someone with a spear in Cygnus Alpha.
Accepted.
Thank you.
But I'm not sure what more that proves other than the limiter
is not 100% reliable.
Sorry, don't buy it. If you are a scriptwriter you don't put something in just for the hell of it. Also, you notice, it proves Gan lied.
In Buffy, Spike realises he has to actually *think* about hurting someone to trigger his chip. There needs to be intention.
Leaving aside the fact that Buffy is a totally different programme, I actually think that's wrong. Spike can kill demons with impunity, but if he even points a replica gun at a human as a joke the chip triggers. Secondly, if just *thinking* about killing someone is going to activate the chip, then Spike would be in constant pain all of the time. Thirdly, after he gets the chip in, there is no instance of him killing a human under any circumstance.
. Gan's limiter might have a similar problem-- if the situation is so severe that he is
acting on instinct rather than clear thought, it doesn't recognise the intent to kill?
You mean like suddenly killing a guard that has killed his woman? Well, if that's what he was convicted of then giving him a limiter that totally fails to take that possiblity into account is a nonsense.
Different nueral path, doesn't hit the block. Just a
possibility.
Not a very convincing one though. Also his killing of the monk in Cygnus Alpha is a deliberate act. Kara has been killed by a spear, Gan uses a spear (possibly the same spear) to kill the monk in return. When we see Gan killing the monk he isn't at all irrational, he even obeys Blake's orders to break off the attack and follows him and Vila out the door.
Jenny
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