A Thin Paneer of Civilization
Aug. 20th, 2004 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dr_tectonicJerry was off visiting with Nick & Jen this evening, so I carpooled with Tom & Heather down to I-25 and Hampden, where we met Karen & Thomas at a restaurant called India's for dinner. It was very yummy. K&T are regulars there to the point that the waiter recognized them and knew what they were probably going to order. That's kinda cool. And I have to admit, they do have the best saag paneer I've tasted, so I totally see why Karen usually gets it.
We stayed there talking for about two and a half hours, almost until the restaurant closed. (They didn't quite have to kick us out.) It was a pretty quiet night, so we weren't denying them any business or anything. Among other things, I got to ask a lawyer how the law would apply to various super-powers. Ah, geekdom.
It was very nice. Good food and leisurely conversation is a pretty enjoyable combo. One of the better reasons to invent civilization, I'd say.
We stayed there talking for about two and a half hours, almost until the restaurant closed. (They didn't quite have to kick us out.) It was a pretty quiet night, so we weren't denying them any business or anything. Among other things, I got to ask a lawyer how the law would apply to various super-powers. Ah, geekdom.
It was very nice. Good food and leisurely conversation is a pretty enjoyable combo. One of the better reasons to invent civilization, I'd say.
Re: Do Tell
Date: 2004-08-24 03:24 pm (UTC)So if somebody tries to mug me while I'm getting out of the car, and I zap them with my nova beam, it's really no different than fending them off with a knife or a gun (or a drinking straw, if I'm a Navy SEAL)-- it's still assault with a deadly weapon. It's not what you use, it's how you use it. Although if my nova beam was stun-only, it'd probably count more like pepper spray or a taser. It's very Champions: an RKA is an RKA, whether it's a gun or an energy blast.
Now, if I instead mind-controlled the mugger and made him walk away and the prosecutor tried to call it "invasion of privacy", the court would most likely rule that "the time is not yet ripe" for judicial consideration of the issue, and would bounce it over to the legislature to pass some laws on the issue.