JG: Flaw
According to US contract law, any contract is not legal and binding if the contract obligates one party to commit an illegal act. But I assume JG was future set, at that law was not in effect. :wink:
Catholic Europe
31-01-2004, 09:57
Hmm, interesting, although Jg is set in a sort of future/fantasy type world where these laws probably don't exist anymore.
The Most Glorious Hack
31-01-2004, 11:56
According to US contract law, any contract is not legal and binding if the contract obligates one party to commit an illegal act. But I assume JG was future set, at that law was not in effect. :wink:
Ah, but someone would have to hire the police to investigate, remember?
don't you know that with enough money, charisma, and persuasion you could easily work your way around such silly little things like the law?
Certainly, you must know that laws were only meant to control those who don't have the resources and creative thinking to get away with (blatantly) breaking them.
It's one thing to break a law and try not to get caught. It's another to break it, get caught, and then manipulate everyone else into letting you go. Which doesn't involve actually denying anything, just calmly explaining that you are completely in the right and- convincing everybody that- tragic though it might seem-- killing all those people was really a good thing, and I really can't possibly see what all the fuss was about. They were going to die anyway, right? So why not have them do it for a cause?
Better yet, our cause. Not their's. Their just part of the ignorant masses and would've chosen the wrong cause to die for anyway. We just simply gave them a nobler cause to die for that would benefit the population as a whole.
Ah yes, I kinda did like John Nike in the book. Not that I'd ever really want to be like him in real life... it's just that, in the book, he really does make everything oh so interesting.
Which John Nike? Or both? I have to ask, you know.
The persuasive one. The powerful one who always lands himself in charge.
Catholic Europe
02-02-2004, 17:32
Ah yes, I kinda did like John Nike in the book. Not that I'd ever really want to be like him in real life... it's just that, in the book, he really does make everything oh so interesting.
I would have to agree with you on that. He was/is, IMO, one of the best charcters in the book.
Kryozerkia
11-02-2004, 08:16
According to US contract law, any contract is not legal and binding if the contract obligates one party to commit an illegal act. But I assume JG was future set, at that law was not in effect. :wink:
Hmn... I never considered that. That's a very good point.
The antagonist in any story is not always a bad person. In most cases they are the character which keeps the story moving along. (I guess lit classes eventually pay off after all)
Apart from his homicidal tendencies, he's very pro-active which is something people find admirable. Of course, he's a sociopath, but probably fun at parties.
I find it interesting that he only did 12 years for multiple homicides, even if most of his charges were "conspiracy to commit."