Text Chapter 1005: Human and Ghost Affirmative Action

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"This case has been going on for nearly ten years, because in the federal law, the definition of 'murder' is indeed 'illegal deprivation of the life of a natural person', and the law does not clearly stipulate that ghosts belong to 'natural persons', and ghosts do not "Life", coupled with the fact that the support for "ghost cultivators are not human beings" at that time was very large, even many ordinary citizens failed to change their old ideas, so after the lawsuit reached the final trial, these evil cultivators were still not found guilty of murder. Just charged with a couple of trivial misdemeanors."

"This result angered many people, including the little girl's brother."

"It has been more than ten years since the little girl died of illness. The little girl's younger brother grew up and became a federal soldier."

"He fought bravely in the battle against the 'Beast Tide Invasion', but was unfortunately sprayed by the acid of a 'unicorn lizard'. His left eye, left arm and left foot were severely corroded, and the left half of his body had to be replaced. A spiritual prosthetic body, retired as a 'disabled soldier'."

"As a 'disabled veteran', his life has no material problems. However, after his sister died of illness, his soul was used, tortured and destroyed by others. After the other party did heinous deeds, Being acquitted, such an injustice, made this young disabled veteran furious!"

"This is a very smart young man. During the ten-year-long lawsuit, he taught himself all the courses on federal law and mastered superb debating skills. He also got acquainted with Many like-minded friends have formed a new force in society.”

"Following a final acquittal of murder, this young man has made an astounding decision."

"He sued the federal government directly!"

"The specific details. Needless to say, anyway, in the end. The 'ghost cultivator is not a human' faction and the 'ghost cultivator is a human' faction launched a heated debate in the Supreme Court, and this is also a live broadcast of the trial open to the entire federation. Almost all Citizens of the Commonwealth, are very concerned about this trial."

"At the final court hearing, this angry young man asked the same questions I just asked, but in a more intense way."

"He directly used the cold mechanical left arm to poke the man-made crystal heart in his *chest, asking if I am human?"

"With the development of technology and the improvement of various magic weapons and supernatural powers, more and more people are using spiritual prosthetics to replace damaged limbs."

"If a person's finger is necrotic and replaced with a metal prosthetic finger, is he considered human?"

Jin Xinyue was fascinated by what she heard, she couldn't help but nodded and said, "Of course!"

Li Yao continued: "Then, like this young man. He fought bravely, but was unfortunately wounded. Almost half of his body was replaced. Even his heart was replaced with a machine driven by psionic energy. Is he still a human being?"

Jin Xinyue nodded: "It definitely counts!"

"What if it's more than half?"

Li Yaodao: "What if 51% of the body is a spiritual prosthesis? What if 99% of the body is a spiritual prosthesis? What if it is 99.99%?"

He asked this question just now.

At that time, Jin Xinyue could easily answer him with the federal law, forget it!

But now, after understanding the cause and effect, Jin Xinyue fell into deep thought.

Li Yaodao: "What this angry young man really wants to ask is a person. What exactly is a person?"

"If everyone thinks that a person with artificial limbs and 10% of his body is a machine, he is considered a real 'human'; and a person whose body is 99.99% of his body transformed into a machine is not a real 'human'. "

"Then, between 10% and 99.99%, there must be a certain critical point, the critical point between human and non-human."

"Assume that the critical point is 50%."

"Then, for a disabled veteran like him, if 49.99% of his organs are replaced with machines driven by psionic energy, he is still a human being."

"If he is unlucky, the 'one-horned acid lizard' spat another bunch of acid saliva at him, it is very likely that he has 50.01% of the organs in his body. gone?"

"Obviously, this statement is too absurd. Such a 'critical point' cannot exist, neither at 50% nor at 90%!"

"Even the brain cannot become the standard for judging people and non-humans, because at that time the Federation's chip repair brain technology was already very developed, and many people would implant repair chips in their brains after suffering severe brain damage. People too."

"So, a person who has 99.99% of his body organs replaced with a spiritual mechanical prosthesis is still a 'human'!"

"So, from 99.99% to 100%, is there such a critical point?"

"Suppose a disabled veteran is so seriously injured that he can only retain 0.01% of his brain cells, and all other body parts have been replaced with spiritual prosthetics. According to the theory just now, he is a human being and can enjoy normal human rights."

"What if instead of 0.01 percent of brain cells, it's 0.001 percent, 0.0001 percent?"

"This number can be reduced indefinitely until it reaches zero. Where should the so-called 'critical point' be? If 0.00000001% of the brain cells are still alive, it is considered a human; otherwise, it is considered a ghost. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Aren't the so-called 'ghost cultivators' people who have 100% of their organs damaged and replaced with spiritual prosthetic bodies? Then, what is the difference between them and people with 99.99% of their organs replaced with spiritual prosthetic bodies?" difference?"

"The barrage of questions from this angry young man has left the entire court speechless."

"Even all the federal citizens who sat in front of the light curtain and watched the live broadcast of the trial began to think deeply about what the essence of the so-called 'human' is."

"This lawsuit has profoundly affected the formulation of a series of federal laws and policies."

"In addition to denouncing the law, this young man kept visiting the senior members of the Disabled Veterans Association, and finally won the support of the entire Disabled Veterans Association. Even the entire Federal Army!"

"The reason is very simple. Even though the Great Desolation is initially pacified, the small-scale conflicts between the federal army and the demon clan are still continuing. In the future, there may even be a big battle with the blood demon world, so the federal army and the cultivators have the highest death rate in the federation A group of people."

"The souls of practitioners are solid. Needless to say, even the federal army is full of young people with vigorous blood and spirits. They retain ghosts after death, and the probability of transforming into ghost cultivators is higher than ordinary people."

"If a federal soldier fights bravely for the motherland, but unfortunately dies and turns into a ghost cultivator, but loses all rights in the end, others can trample, torture, and enslave him at will, but he will not be punished by the law at all. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"So, the federal army and the major cultivating sects have gradually turned to the side of young people, and the trend of thought in the whole society has gradually reversed. More and more citizens support 'ghost cultivation as a human being', and 'ghost cultivation is not a human being'." People's pie slowly became a minority."

"After all, no one has died in life since ancient times. There is a certain chance of becoming a ghost after death. Everyone should think about the future."

"In the end, in this lawsuit, the federal government lost!"

"Two years later, the federal government promulgated the "Human Ghost Equality Act", which for the first time defined ghosts with independent will as 'natural persons' in a legal sense. They are also federal citizens and enjoy all rights. They bear all obligations and are Protected by the federal army and practitioners!"

"After more than a hundred years of fusion. Now, the living and the dead of the Federation have been completely integrated. There will no longer be discrimination against ghost cultivators, and ghost cultivators are treated as aliens."

Jin Xinyue's heart was ups and downs when she heard it, and she suddenly thought of something: "Where are those evil cultivators who killed the little girl? Now, they should be convicted of murder, right?"

"No."

A mysterious smile appeared on Li Yao's face, "The law is not retroactive. Their murder charges have been acquitted in the final trial, so how can a new law be established to sanction past charges?"

"In fact, they were convicted of several minor offenses, and they were released a year before the Affirmative Action Act was introduced, and they were happy again."

"All right!"

Jin Xinyue frowned, for some reason, she felt a little regretful about this old case more than a hundred years ago.

Since becoming a human, she seems to have become more and more emotional.

However, she also felt that the master's smile was very strange, and her heart moved, and she said, "There is a story in it?"

Li Yao smiled and said, "There's no story, it's just that these scumbags were killed by the comrades of that young man more than half a year after they were released from prison, that is, one month before the promulgation of the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" Already!"

Jin Xinyue was taken aback, and said: "I thought that since the young man chose to appeal, he wanted to use the law as a weapon. Unexpectedly, he broke the law and committed a lynching."

Li Yaodao: "Lynching is true, but breaking the law is not necessarily the case. The Federal Army is the defender of the country, and of course it is also the defender of the law. How can they know the law and break the law?"

"Although these comrades-in-arms of the young people were prosecuted, they were all acquitted in the end. Their murder charges were also not found guilty!"

Jin Xinyue didn't understand: "Why, is the court forced by the pressure of the federal army?"

Li Yaodao: "Of course not! Because, from a technical point of view, before the official promulgation of the "Affirmative Rights Act for Humans and Ghosts", these comrades-in-arms of young people are all ghosts, not 'humans'."

Jin Xinyue: "Huh?"

Li Yaodao: "Understood? These young people's comrades-in-arms all fought bravely on the battlefield and died heroically, leaving behind ghost cultivators!"

"Before the promulgation of the "Affirmative Action for Humans and Ghosts," Star Federation did not recognize the human rights of ghosts."

"Ghosts are not humans, so killing a ghost is not 'murder'. This is the basis for those evil cultivators to be acquitted."

"Here comes the question. People killing ghosts is not murder. What about ghosts killing people?"

"After this revenge case happened, people looked back at the federal laws, and they were a little surprised to find that the Federation has been fighting against the monster race since the founding of the country, and regarded the monster race as the most fundamental threat, so targeting the monster race There are so many legal provisions, but none of them are against 'ghost killing'!"

"It's easy to understand. Even if the world was repaired in ancient times, the government would not be able to formulate laws on how to judge 'ghost killing', right? At that time, it was the practitioners who were responsible for 'slaying ghosts and eliminating demons'. When evil spirits kill people, there are monks, Taoists, and practitioners to eradicate them."

"But now, it's a new era, a society ruled by law, and the emphasis is on governing the country according to the law. The sects of practice must also act according to the law, practice according to the law, and act chivalrously according to the law!"

"Before the promulgation of the "Affirmative Action for Humans and Ghosts", these comrades-in-arms who died were not considered 'human beings' in the legal sense, so how could they be convicted of 'murder'?"

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