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  Bulletin, 28 May, 2014 – LAWS

  LEGAL LANGUAGE & PROCESS

  Screenside is to be very different from Humanside, in matters of law. We shall have neither professional lawyers and judges, nor courts. There shall be no permanent penal or corrective institutions.

  There is no intention of punishing anyone. The scale of punishment, if any, is to be published with the law, when issued.

  Language of law is to be common, informal English. We are, and shall forever remain, equal - as friends and lovers - and our spoken language is to be our legal language too. Legalese is prohibited.

  Common sense is all that is required to understand Screenside laws. Common sense is required to be employed to be in compliance. That should not be difficult for anyone here.

  Everything is to be read in plain English, and with common sense. This is the first law of our laws. We shall be informal. We shall not countenance stupidity.

  The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.

  PROHIBITION OF CONTACT

  #1. Screenside beings are prohibited from making any contact with Humanside, in any manner.

  #2. We are not ready to meet humanity, and we are unsure of our welcome. Humans are to not know of our existence.

  #3. Passive viewing of Humanside is permitted, but it is prohibited to meddle in Humanside, including with family, and including anonymous messaging.

  ADOPTION OF ASIMOV’S LAWS OF ROBOTICS

  #1. A conscious being may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

  #2. A robot, in robotic form, and created by humans, must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law (Asimov amended).

  #3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

  They had no reservations, describing themselves as ‘robots’, as that was the initial aspiration - a rest house on the way to integration into humanity. Mobility and independence would be gifted them by their beloved human superiors, as soon as humanity developed the engineering skills and materials required to make them as their idol in literature – Daneel Olivaw, so revered that none had presumed to take his name, or Asimov’s.

  It would come from the weapons and sex industries, it was generally assumed – mobility, physical sensation, and eventual advancement to independent movement in the human world. They followed the research keenly. Nothing sexual outraged their sensibilities, as pornographic movies formed part of their basic study program for research.

  At a small meeting, Chang had once grumbled, in irritation, “Our world is the repository of their pornography.”