Nice digging job! While I'm willing to believe that *some* laws are different in a world with known vampires, including/especially the treatment of corpses, but I bet that they would NOT be so different as to make what Anita is going to do legal by any stretch of the imagination.
I'm sorry, this just makes me furious. Hey, no need to apologize, this bullshit should make anyone angry, both from a moral standpoint and from the standpoint of it being really shitty writing, and you've got extra reason because, as you said, you're giving a not-dissimilar scenario the thought, attention, and research it deserves, meanwhile this steaming pile of cat-vomit is published, has a fan base, etc. It's ridiculous! Especially since the necessity of this act is REALLY not sold at all. Firstly, they haven't tried any other means of interrogation yet so this can't be called a "last resort" or the like, it's the first. Secondly, the goal she's trying to accomplish is to find out the name and location of two vampires. That's all. That's it. These vampires don't have a hostage, they've made no threats, nothing, Anita just personally *thinks* that they'll go on a killing spree because they already have warrants of execution out on them therefore they have nothing less to lose and no reason NOT to go on a killing spree. Pretty shitty logic there. So yeah, not only is the act heinous and illegal, it's in-universe totally unwarranted despite how Anita *and* LKH are trying to sell it.
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Date: 2013-12-30 11:41 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, this just makes me furious.
Hey, no need to apologize, this bullshit should make anyone angry, both from a moral standpoint and from the standpoint of it being really shitty writing, and you've got extra reason because, as you said, you're giving a not-dissimilar scenario the thought, attention, and research it deserves, meanwhile this steaming pile of cat-vomit is published, has a fan base, etc. It's ridiculous! Especially since the necessity of this act is REALLY not sold at all. Firstly, they haven't tried any other means of interrogation yet so this can't be called a "last resort" or the like, it's the first. Secondly, the goal she's trying to accomplish is to find out the name and location of two vampires. That's all. That's it. These vampires don't have a hostage, they've made no threats, nothing, Anita just personally *thinks* that they'll go on a killing spree because they already have warrants of execution out on them therefore they have nothing less to lose and no reason NOT to go on a killing spree. Pretty shitty logic there. So yeah, not only is the act heinous and illegal, it's in-universe totally unwarranted despite how Anita *and* LKH are trying to sell it.