I seem to recall that it wasnt that a human wouldn't swat it, its that a human wouldnt know waht a bee was.
I could be wrong. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OrionWorks wrote: >>>From Remi: >> >>> Was it Gene Hackman in a film I can't remember with this line >>> "You're either police or little people." >> >> I believe you are referring to a memorable quote from the famous film, >> "Blad Runner" with Harrison Ford as Deckard. See: Memorable quotes for >> Blade Runner: > > Interesting you should mention Blade Runner in the context of a > discussion which is intermixed with other threads containing a lot of > apocalyptic talk about global warming, mass extinctions, and, by > implication, what may or may not survive the current round of changes to > the biosphere. We haven't mentioned bees recently, but they figured > indirectly in Blade Runner. > > As you may recall, Blade Runner was based on the Philip Dick novel, "Do > Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". That was one his more obscure novels > (actually, most of his books could be described that way). An > interesting detail in the novel which I don't think they emphasized in > the film was that *all* animal life on Earth had apparently died off, > except for humans. Quite aside from any practical consequences, this > had such a major psychological impact on people that an entire industry > had grown up, producing *robot* animals to take the place of the missing > "real" animals. > > In the book, at one point the protagonist tests a woman to determine > whether she's a real human, or an android. The test consisted of a > series of questions. The most significant one, buried in the list, was, > "If a bee landed on your arm, what would you do?" She responded, "Swat > it!" which immediately pegged her as an android, because no true human > would ever have given such an answer -- bees were too precious. > > The loss of the animals was never explained, as far as I can recall. > > >> >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/quotes >> >> Deckard: [getting up to leave] I was quit when I come in here, Bryant, >> I'm twice as quit now. >> Bryant: Stop right where you are! You know the score, pal. You're not >> cop, you're little people! >> [Deckard stops at the door] >> Deckard: No choice, huh? >> Bryant: [smiles] No choice, pal. >> >> >> Regards >> Steven Vincent Johnson >> www.OrionWorks.com >> www.zazzle.com/orionworks >> > >
