{"id":7061,"date":"2004-07-30T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2004-07-30T22:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2004\/07\/30\/i-republican\/"},"modified":"2004-07-30T17:01:57","modified_gmt":"2004-07-30T22:01:57","slug":"i-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2004\/07\/i-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"I, Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day by Day<\/a> is one of my favorite strips and today’s is pretty good.<\/p>\n

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As an official Isaac Asimov geek who discovered the love of reading via his stories I always appreciate references to the three laws of robotics. In fact I am re-reading the Robot series again just so that I can be thoroughly upset when "I, Robot" comes out on DVD. Sure it is only a summer action movie by Will Smith (who I usually enjoy watching), but this is close to sacrilege for an ex-atheist and avid SF reader such as myself. The Day by Day strip credits this bloggers’ post <\/a>as the source for I, Republican <\/p>\n

In a previous post I also had referenced<\/a> the three laws:<\/p>\n

The Three Laws of Robotic Democrats<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

1. A Democrat may not injure a woman’s right to abortion, or, through inaction, allow a woman’s right to abortion to be overturned regardless of her ability to pay.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. A Democrat must obey the orders given it by focus groups except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. A Democrat must protect its own political existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.<\/em><\/p>\n

Asimov used the three laws in his stories and the mystery would be how a Robot might have committed a murder even though bound by the three laws. The Three Laws of Robotic Democrats seem to be tighter and with better enforcement of possible contradictions. If you are a Pro-Life Democrat then you are barred from support in seeking national office and will not be allowed to speak at a convention, even if the topic is not about abortion. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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