Fuzzy Nation

by John Scalzi

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“Apologies, Your Honor,”

if he actually goes to trial, he’s going to lose.” “And you’re enjoying that fact,” Sullivan said. “Shit, yes,” Holloway said.

Haha - and so is the reader: “Shit, yes.”

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the fact of the matter is you have absolutely no clue what it is I want out of this.”

Haha - nor do we.

“You need to

A lawyer never says “you need to” to a judge. There are other ways of getting the point across, but that phrase is a no-no.

“Your Honor, I may showboat, but I’m not stupid,”

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“You need to

When it’s speaking to you in English, it’s talking at the absolute bottom of its vocal range.”

Andy Alpaca taught us to speak your language.

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“I did not want Jack Holloway to know,” Papa said. “We did not know if Jack Holloway was a good man or a bad man. You have many bad men. Bad men take our homes and food from us and make us move away from other” pause. “We did not know if there are any good men. All the men we saw were bad. When we moved, we found where Jack Holloway lived. I wanted to see and went to see it. Jack Holloway and Carl came and I was scared. But Jack Holloway was good and gave me food. I went back to my people and said I had found a good man.”

“You call him ‘Papa,’” she said. “Biology mistake,” Holloway said. “Patriarchal assumptions. What are you going to do.”

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“Who are the bad men?” Soltan said. “You said we had many of them.” “Yes,” Papa said. “They have machines and tear the ground and trees and make the air stink. The trees are where we live and where our food is.

“I do not think men will tear the ground and trees where they live,” Papa said.

“Think about that, Your Honor,” Holloway said. “Aside from the irony inherent in the statement, that’s a fair feat of cognitive modeling.

“I’ve just had a longer and more cogent discussion with this creature than I suspect you have ever had with your client.

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“Looks like you’re not your lawyer’s main concern anymore, Joe,” Holloway said. “I’d be worried if I were you.”

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Worcester v. Georgia, in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land. Georgia, however, ignored the decision, keeping Worcester and the other missionaries in prison. Eventually, they were granted a pardon and were released in 1833. Pres. Andrew Jackson declined to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision, thus allowing states to enact further legislation damaging to the tribes. The U.S. government began forcing the Cherokee off their land in 1838. In what became known as the Trail of Tears, some 15,000 Cherokee were driven from their land and were marched westward on a grueling journey that caused the deaths of some 4,000 of their people.

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It’s just our little way of making sure that corporate executives on backwater worlds remember they are not actually above the law.

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or I can have the Circuit Court order down some Colonial Marshals to haul you away for contempt of court and obstructing a judicial proceeding.

“She is excellent,” Holloway whispered to Papa Fuzzy. Papa Fuzzy watched everything with curiosity. It might not understand the details, but Holloway suspected it got the emotional gist of what was going on.

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‘jesiscris migodam face,’”

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He smiled at each of them and picked up his infopanel.

Let’s do a lineup.”

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“I know this voice,” Papa said, and its voice was surprisingly forceful. Papa looked up at Soltan. “Do you not have a child? If a man killed your child, you would know about that man. You would know the face of the man. You would know the hands of the man. You would know the smell of the man. You would know the voice of the man. This is the voice of the man who killed my child. My child who I cannot see. Who I cannot hold. Who is gone. My child is gone. This man killed my child. I know this voice.”

ignoring the judge.

Another absolute no-no for lawyers.

went down without resistance.

That’s why Jack provoked him. Haha

“I must request to withdraw as Mr. DeLise’s attorney at this time,” Meyer said.

That’s the correct response.

Haha - of course that’s important to the lawyer.

“Defender general of the fuzzy nation,

“Then congratulations,” Soltan said. “Because as of this moment, you’re effectively in charge of this entire planet.”

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dovetails into

or dovetails with? Question

if any Colonial Authority judge finds compelling evidence that the native sentient life of a planet is threatened, he or she is required to report it

the role of Special Master for Xenosapience,

in part because of your own corporation’s desire to have the absolute minimum judicial interference on your E and E franchise worlds,

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She’s withdrawn from that representation.

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“I just wanted to tell you,” Holloway said. “Now you know what I wanted out of all of this.”

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“I think you overestimate your abilities,” Aubrey said, and smiled. “That’s a curious thing to say,” Holloway said.

“Considering that in the space of a month, I’ve managed to take a planet from you and cut out your company’s heart.”

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Holloway looked at Landon, surprised. “So you’re not actually his personal assistant,” he said finally.

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Hapsburgs.”

Greene versus Winston,

Haha - 7 year prison sentence for W.Aubrey V, p. 24

he’d probably try to reverse every single ecology-friendly policy the company currently has.