Give Suggestions on Legislations

[Darren Brunswick]

Hello! Senator Darren Brunswick here.

So as many of you may know, senators are supposed to propose new legislations to be put into a vote in the Galactic Senate. I've created this thread so that people (that are not senators) that may have any ideas for a new legislation that we do not have yet can post their ideas here. I'll look at your idea and I might propose it to the Senate as a newly proposed legislation. If there is also an issue in the Republic that could be resolved by a legislation, please let us legislators know by posting it here.
...so anyone has any new legislation ideas for the Republic?

 

[Rodo Mass]

Legislation for the rights for droids.

 

[Darren Brunswick]

That's interesting...
What would be some reasons for giving droids rights?

 

[Rodo Mass]

Droids who are self-aware should have the right to choose what they want to do. Forcing on them the mundane and dangerous jobs biologicals wouldn't do isn't right.

Also, memory wiping is deplorable. To take away the memories of a droid and wipe them away forever is damaging.

Droids should have the right to be who they want and do what they want. Naturally, they'd follow the laws of the Republic, but to keep a droid chained up and told it's nothing more than property aggravates Rodo.

 

[Selena Halcyon]

Nonsensical

The only thing a droid can ever achieve is the impression of sentience. It is still just a series of code giving it. Awareness does not lead to sentience, they are programmed to be aware. They are built as property and designed as such. They do not just one day achieve individuality and gain rights. Nonsense.

 

[Rodo Mass]

I might be code, but your body is one of electrical signals given out to do your every action. One could say you're no more than a machine since many of the things you do are really not chosen by you, but by what your body needs.

 

[Selena Halcyon]

I wasn't built for a purpose though

 

[Darren Brunswick]

That's true... droids are made in the first place for a specific task that it is designed to do.

 

[Rodo Mass]

But who says a droid isn't able to evolve? To think beyond what it's original programming was and making it's own decisions...

 

[Aurelia Saelari]

There are no such sentient droids though. We cannot legislate for something which does not exist.

 

[Moira Skaldi]

Especially in the light of the fact that we've just gotten out of...a galactic war against droids led by an independent AI (or are still fighting one, I'm not sure)!

It was pretty destructive. One would think there'd be more anti-droid feeling among the plebs (irrational, since so much depends on them, but still).

 

[Darren Brunswick]

Exactly. Moira brights up a good point...
Any other legislation ideas?

 

[Rodo Mass]

If a Jedi turned into a Sith, which has happened before, you wouldn't set up anti-Jedi sentiments, would you?

And how do you explain me, Supreme Chancellor? I'm sentient and sapient.

 

[Selena Halcyon]

That has sparked tons of anti-Jedi sentiments.

You just think you are.

 

[Aurelia Saelari]

As I understand it, and it's true I have only second hand information here, you are a shard, not a genuinely sentient droid. I may be wrong, but even if you are, one of anything does not a legislation make.