cthia wrote:Because she was a known loose canon. Let's face it, our gal has a dark side that is as unpredictable and dangerous as Dr. Jekyll's Hyde. It is descendant from her father's own unstable nuclear core. The anomaly can be traced back to one of the documented side effects of the Meyerdahl Betas. Honor's genetic solution was too intellectually successful, they had a hard time suffering the plights of fools. IMO.
Was that documented somewhere in the actual text of the novels, or just in your head? Because nowhere in the actual novels is "heightened aggression" or "lessened impulse control" mentioned as a side-effect of the Meyerdahl mods (they are specifically noted as
lacking the behavioural side effects of other intelligence enhancemeent mods).
So Honor came off to someone completely unimpressed with her military accomplishments as a bit of a bloodthirsty maniac for the spotlight. In this quite familiar instance, her nuclear core was missing a control rod. Honor went Meyerdahl B ballistic. I understand your loyalty to her, but in the spirit of justice...
... in the spirit of justice, you just sort of made an argument that Meyerdahl Betas are all dangerous individuals who cannot be trusted in positions of authority. I am not sure that that's an argument anyone in a high-profile lawsuit is going to make, seeing as how a quarter of Sphinx' population carry the Meyerdahl mods.
Theemile wrote:You keep acting like everyone knows Honor is a Genie. That kind of stuff is very personal in the Honorverse. It's the family dirty secret, not a note in her personal bio, or on file with the Feds. We only know it because we are the 3rd party viewer of the event with narration and internal dialogue; it's not something that would come up in a normal conversation.
It would certainly be in her RMN medical file. As for it being a dirty secret: Given the millions of Meyerdahl Beta carriers in Manticore, I would assume it to be not very dirty at all.
Besides, like today, everyone in society is held to a higher standard than just the basis of their genetic background. Courts do not rule stating that this ethnic background is more prevalent to steal an object, or another is likely to commit murder. Genetic background is neither an excuse for past behavior nor a determination of future behavior in advanced societies. We are more than just the collection of genes which define our physical makeup.
Indeed. If you make an argument that someone was or is unsuited for a role based on their genetic makeup, you better have solid objective evidence for that.
cthia wrote:Bottom line, I suppose I am rather confident that her details would emerge in such a high profile case, especially with the probable help of disgruntled enemies chomping at the bit at Harrington's ankles, who would go out of their way to provide information to the prosecution.
Yeah, okay, but there's information that is useful to you and information that isn't. Knowing that Honor is a genie from a rather widespread line (one which doesn't carry any specific stigma at that) isn't useful, unless you want to make arguments that would bring up any number of advocacy groups in Honor's support; After all, Manticore has made it a point to recruit genies for their military and incorporate them into their society (or did you think that gene slaves aren't genies?).