AUTHOR: Joshua Falken, "Matrix Refugee"
RATING: PG-13 (for anti-Mecha hate-speech)
ARCHIVE: Permission granted
FEEDBACK: Please? Please?
SUMMARY: A collection of comments on Ms. Martin's article
DISCLAIMER: I do not own "A.I., Artificial Intelligence", its characters, settings, concepts or other indicia, which are the property of the late, great Stanley Kubrick, of DreamWorks SKG, Steven Spielberg, Warner Brothers, et al.
NOTES: I posted a challenge to the folks on the "A.I." fanfiction message group to write "letter to the editor"-type responses to this simulated magazine article. The results are fewer than I had hoped for, but that makes them all the more valuable.
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Subject: "Newcomers in the Nursery"
Hello Mr. Editor! smiley
I just wish tell you and Miss Martin, the author of the article, whow
much I loved the way that she dealed with this touchy subject. She did
a great job with stating the questions that the existence of the
Cybertronics's model David brought with.
And as a agent of Sensient Property Crime Bureau's office in Rouge
City, I sadly had to confirm the bad uses that the most criminal
elements did of the innocence of these little mecha-childs and the
growing reports of abuse that they suffers.
I had to wonder if we had the right to create a being that would love
us if we aren't capable to love eachother yet.. :-( The sad thing is
that David and Darlene could go into the eternity suffering by our
incapacity to understand that being a mother or a father is the
greatset responsibility that we, Orga, could had and the
responsability that we had to a child, whatever he or she are a Orga
or a Mecha... sigh
Thanks for your attention, )
Rebecca C. Lovelace
SPBD Special Agent
Transformers... more than meets the eyeee!
message from SPCB server
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To:
About: Useless article
This so called "article" by Ms. Martin is pure trash: plain propaganda
of Cybertronics to convince people to buy this ridiculous toy-boys!
:-P
Your magazine should had used the wasted space on important matters
and not in over-grown supertoys!
And Ms. Martin should be more worried about the kids kidnapped by the
Population Control than with a bunch of chips and bolts!
Josie Beller
Rouge City
DESTROY THE MECHAS!
(I admit that Beller was very rough, but considerating her temper it
should be expected)
And now a letter from a normal person: Dr. Jerrica Benton:
From:
To:
About: Article on "Mecha-childs"
I want congratulated Ms. Cecie Martin for her marvelous article about
the "David" line. She really researched the subject and the
implications of such technology - I hope had people stop to realize
the responsabilites what we had to them.
And to me, the article struck home in special when it mentioned the
innocence and caring that David felt for his imprinter - and I talk
with knowledge of the subject, since that I adopted a David myself: I
had suffered a terrible car crash where my husband died and I became
severally hurt, and the doctors had to rebuild my body with cybernetic
technology. Right now, I'm more Mecha than Orga.
And with that everybody looked at me as an aberration... a freak. I
was in a abyss of despair.
But David saved me.
He accepted me... for me. He didn't see me an aberration. He see me as
a person, as his mother. And I can't tell how much I loved him, for
accepting me and for allow me to love him.
Thanks in reading my letter,
Dr. Jerrica Phillips-Benton
Roboticist-Chief - Nanite Enginnering
Positronics Systems, Inc. - Boulder, Colorado
I just wanted to send you a few words of gratitude for running the article "Newcomers in the Nursery", about Mecha-childs and their impact on society. The article brings me hope since it helps to raise awareness of families with Mecha-childs, families like mine. I'm the proud father of a David unit, whom I adopted last year. He's been a comfort and a joy to me since my wife passed away some years ago. We who have let one of these little ones into our homes and our hearts aren't out to destroy our species: the death of my wife was so sudden and devastating that I have not been emotionally strong enough to try starting another relationship. But adopting David has been one of the wisest decisions I ever made: caring for him and showing him the world has gotten me out of myself and helped me get my sorrow into perspective.
My next challenge, which your article will help me approach with better resources, is finding a woman who will accept David and love him as much as I do. I've already ordered reprints of the article and will distribute them as they are needed. Hopefully I won't have to give away too many!
Thank you again for running this article
Francis J.X. Sweitz Rouge City, PA
I had heard about child Mechas and I recently learned that a niece of mine had "adopted" one, but I was not aware of the tremendous effect these Mechas have had on our society. It gives one cause for concern: You can't help questioning the sanity of someone who purchases one of them and "loves" it as if it were a real child. My godchild has "settled down" with a male lover-Mecha, which I thought was unbalanced. But wasting your time and energy and resources on a "child" that isn't a real child males me wonder if these people should seek professional help.
I hate to sound like an alarmist, but I can't help wondering how many people will avoid having children and buy a child Mecha instead, and what kind of effect this will have on our aging population?
Seamus "Shay" Diocletian Westhillston, MA
I read your magazine story about kid Mechas with my auntie Jeanine. I think it is great that there are Mechas like this because then maybe people will learn to like Mechas and treat them like people instead of like things. How can someone be a thing when they look like a person? I think it would be neat to have a kid Mecha because then I could have a little brother or sister to play with and they'd never be cranky or naughty. My mom and dad would like that too and then we'd all be happy. So I'm saving up my allowance to buy one.
Thank you for the nice story.
Your friend,
Terry Salla, age 10
New Manhatten, New York