@Ethosrevival As long as the first option is just giving them a home… then yes.
If they have a completely fine and acceptable option for housing and refuse it, then the state should step in.
But sending someone to jail for the crime of being unemployed is dystopian and unamerican
@TheVandelay@ladydragonjj It’s not a matter of genre. It’s a matter of philosophy.
The powers and abilities are infused with meaning and metaphors. How they work reflect George’s outlook on the world.
And you think it’s as simple as “different genres”
@dig6394@trojanchick99@dancingzorbas@helenawsparta The “asoiaf is sci-fi” theory is that he uses the “magic” from his sci-fi series.
If you disagree with the naming, that is irrelevant to the actual argument.
@NM_Jr77@ladydragonjj If you look at ASOIAF, everything still makes sense with only the abilities within George’s dozens of other works.
Those other works are pretty consistent. He liked the same kids of abilities for decades, why would I expect him to suddenly change
@NM_Jr77@pipocate@ladydragonjj Thoros
And then Melisandre.
But not consciously, subconsciously. More the way other stark kids (besides bran) “control” their wolves. They don’t even realize they’re doing it.
@TheVandelay@ladydragonjj Telepathy and Telekinesis. It’s the sci-fi magic that Martin uses. And in his sci-fi books it does the same things that people call magic.
Bringing corpses to life? Yup
Controlling other bodies with your mind? Yup
@NM_Jr77@ladydragonjj It’s sci-fi magic. Telepathy and Telekinesis.
There aren’t necessarily scientific explanations, there are Sci-fi explanations.
The same rules that George established in his sci-fi universe are applicable to his “fantasy” series
@PAT_HUGE@ladydragonjj George has people control other peoples minds through time and space in his sci-fi
Controlling an animals mind isn’t More fantastical
@Roman12_V@CopsGoneWrong Harassment is one of those things that people can recognize but is hard to define. It’s also illegal. You can disagree with whether or not harassment Should be illegal.
But he went there to harass people (I haven’t watched the full vid but I’d bet money) and got in trouble