Re: Halito has a new gender
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In addition to the currently existing feminine, masculine and neuter genders in the Halitosian language, a fourth gender has today been officially recognised: the anthropomorphic gender.
It has long been contested by the resident robots of Halito that they have a right to a gender of their own, since they are clearly neither masculine nor feminine, and are certainly not "neuter", a title which they have reluctantly shared with tables, windows and other inanimate objects. However it is only now that robots have been given a voice, with a recent political movement to abolish the so-called "enslavement" of artificial lifeforms. Organisations such as PETA have finally given up on animal rights as a lost cause, and have moved on to robot rights, likening the servitude of robots to the slave trade that thrived in Halito centuries ago. PETA has issued the following statement following the news of the new gender:
"This day is one to celebrate, for it shows that the world is not such a dark place as many of us have feared. Robots, beings of intelligence that far surpasses that of humans, are clearly therefore capable of experiencing suffering on a scale that we cannot imagine ourselves. That robots are the creations of humans only serves to worsen the prejudices against them; people believe that they can play God, without realising the atrocity of this mindset. But the future is bright - perhaps one day we will be fortunate enough to be ruled over by these superior beings."
Will artificial lifeforms ever experience true freedom? Only time will tell.