• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    3 months ago

    I wonder what a Caitian on the Enterprise would think about Data having Spot as a pet?

    Would they feel like we do now about people who keep apes or monkeys as pets?

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      3 months ago

      Caitians are too busy arguing with the computer about how to get all the automatic doors to stop closing after they walk through them. “Leave it open, dammit!”

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      3 months ago

      I would hope the “sentience” they show in comparison would have an impact on how they saw it. Would maybe demand some reforms on ownership guidelines and forced breeding mutations ?