Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:02 pm
Ah.. I, in no way, clicked the spoilers.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
https://forum.nationstates.net/
The Two Jerseys wrote:Sounds like high explosives will work on all four.
Neanderthaland wrote:I imagine my Cave-brethren would handle vampires pretty well. We're armed to the teeth with wooden spears, and already occupy the only shelter from the sun.
The Two Jerseys wrote:Sounds like high explosives will work on all four.
The Two Jerseys wrote:Sounds like high explosives will work on all four.
Neanderthaland wrote:I imagine my Cave-brethren would handle vampires pretty well. We're armed to the teeth with wooden spears, and already occupy the only shelter from the sun.
Vetalia wrote:Vampires are pretty straightforward and predictable, and by all means law abiding to a fault...I don't know why you'd exterminate them but take a gamble with werewolves, i.e. someone who goes absolutely apeshit once every 29 days.
Neanderthaland wrote:Vetalia wrote:Vampires are pretty straightforward and predictable, and by all means law abiding to a fault...I don't know why you'd exterminate them but take a gamble with werewolves, i.e. someone who goes absolutely apeshit once every 29 days.
Mankind is already inoculated to this.
The New California Republic wrote:The Two Jerseys wrote:Sounds like high explosives will work on all four.
There is really no need, as even if some of these creatures pose a threat they are perfectly manageable without killing them, an example as per my post regarding the werewolves earlier.
Constaniana wrote:Heloin wrote:Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
You're telling me they didn't make up those words just for this scene?
Diopolis wrote:So, fed up with discussing coronavirus, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump's coronavirus, I got to wondering how society should respond if various mythical creatures turn out to be real.
So, because we're stuck at home in quarantine, I came up with a bunch of mythical creatures for us to argue over how to respond to.
So, NSG, how should society deal with these creatures if they exist?
My opinion is that it's a pretty clear cut exterminate for the vampires. For werewolves, I'd require them to be registered with the police department with a plan in place for the full moon, and pretty severe consequences for any issues. Testing someone should definitely require probable cause, and I'd say that loose transformed werewolves should be shot onsite.
Fairies and dragons are more complicated. In my view governments should attempt a containment strategy where we negotiate with fairy king and queen to try to keep them out of our territory entirely- they're too shifty and alien to let them in under any sort of condition.
As for dragons, I'd pursue a policy of containment. Push them to distant areas, where they won't range into densely populated regions on hunting flights, and make it illegal for the average citizen to interact with or even go near them. Dragons nesting in places like NYC should be killed though, probably by bringing in the military.
Stanmenistan wrote:Diopolis wrote:So, fed up with discussing coronavirus, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump's coronavirus, I got to wondering how society should respond if various mythical creatures turn out to be real.
So, because we're stuck at home in quarantine, I came up with a bunch of mythical creatures for us to argue over how to respond to.
So, NSG, how should society deal with these creatures if they exist?
My opinion is that it's a pretty clear cut exterminate for the vampires. For werewolves, I'd require them to be registered with the police department with a plan in place for the full moon, and pretty severe consequences for any issues. Testing someone should definitely require probable cause, and I'd say that loose transformed werewolves should be shot onsite.
Fairies and dragons are more complicated. In my view governments should attempt a containment strategy where we negotiate with fairy king and queen to try to keep them out of our territory entirely- they're too shifty and alien to let them in under any sort of condition.
As for dragons, I'd pursue a policy of containment. Push them to distant areas, where they won't range into densely populated regions on hunting flights, and make it illegal for the average citizen to interact with or even go near them. Dragons nesting in places like NYC should be killed though, probably by bringing in the military.
I thought a Werewolf Apocalypse stories could have some allegorical parallels to the current pandemic. People would be forced to stay indoors and isolated to prevent the infected from spreading disease and to prevent the risk of uninfected people catching the disease. How the lycanthropy virus mutates could parallel the development of werewolves in modern Pop Culture (from only transforming under the full moon, to transforming every night, to transforming whenever angered).