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Subject: {ASSM} A Lecture in Sociobiology (tentacle/plant/impreg/rape themes) by Rosach
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GM PLANTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE: AN EXAMINATION

By Rosach
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email: rosachthebrave@gmail.com

[Tentacles/Plants/Eggs]

Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to give this paper to
your esteemed symposium. I am most grateful to you. The field of
socio-biology is an exciting one right now, and I have been lucky to
study one of the most significant areas of impact between the
developing field of ground-up genetic engineering and social
behaviour. I refer, of course, to the propagation of the species
/floris sapiosexualis/ - to give it its assigned scientific name. Or,
as it has become known generally; "Blue triffids", or the
"Rapeflower".

Blue triffids, as you know, are one of the first entirely man-made
organisms to find its way into the wild, although perhaps 'wild'
misrepresenting its general habitat. The blue triffid has mainly found
its way into the urban ecology, due to its peculiar and unbreakable
relationship with the human species.

Next slide please, Joanne.

It is generally accepted that the blue triffids were the invention of
the 'rogue' scientist, Dr Wojislav Krocek, resident five years ago in
the University of South East Victoria, now on trial in the Hague for
crimes against humanity. It is also generally believed, although yet
to be proven in court, that Dr Krocek also took the decision to
release the organism into the wild.

As an interesting diversion - Dr Krocek claims that his inspiration
was to devise a unique gift for his wife. His wife is standing
steadfastly by him in his trial, and his defence is - so I hear -
going better than expected as a result.

I will expound on the reasons /why/ his defence is progressing so well
in due course, because they are intimately linked to the social
behaviours the presence of the rapeflower is bringing about.

It is a mere 15 years since the first entirely manmade organism was
created. Before that time, of course, the field of genetic engineering
was progressing strongly, but on the basis of selective modifications
to existing natural organisms. The field progressed by trial and
error - changing a gene here, bringing a crop of plants or animals
into existence, observing the effect, destroying them. Wash rinse
repeat.

Thankyou Joanne.

Now, an entirely new approach is made possible by the advanced
bio-modelling techniques of computer programs such as Xenomorph. The
precise physiological characteristics of an organism can be decided
from the get-go, and the trial-and-error has shifted to seeing how
these manage to interact with and survive real-world conditions. The
overwhelming majority of organisms thus created have been total
failures, the bulk of the rest at least partial failures. It must be
said that on a *purely ecological basis*, the Blue Triffid has been an
astonishing success. Say what you like about Dr Krocek's morals, this
man who we are now trying for great crimes is also our most
accomplished bio-engineer. This is a controversial view, but it is
irrefutable,

/Floris sapiosexualis/ is now endemic to Australia and East Asia,
mostly as I said, in the urban environment. Examples are found in the
bush, but only near paths and other areas frequented by humans. In the
cities it is fair to say that it is prolific, despite the strenuous
attempts at eradication.

Based on the epidemiology of its spread from the campus of the USEV to
an area now containing nearly one-sixth of the world's population, I
am fairly certain that it will be a worldwide phenomenon in just a few
years. Again, the reasons for this are not essentially in the plant
itself, but sociological - there are too many people with an interest
in ensuring the spread of this plant. Like cannabis, the opium poppy
and countless other examples, attempts at eradication will ultimately
fail, and I think that it is important for those of you who are here
from Europe, America and Africa to understand the social changes that
will occur as and when the Blue Triffid establishes itself. Already I
note that there have been instances found in Canadian cities and in
Turkey, although these were contained and destroyed.

First, the morphology of the /Floris sapiosexualis/. It is a large,
ground dwelling succulent. Each individual plant has exactly one
reproductive lifecycle, and produces exactly one quite enormous
flower. The whole lifetime of the plant is spent producing this flower
and once it is spent, the plant will die. This makes the Rapeflower
quite a vulnerable organism as all its eggs are almost literally in
one basket. It is not exactly inconspicuous, and it is far from immune
from attack by pests and fungi. It also has the agricultural,
forestry, environmental and, indeed, law enforcement agencies of the
human race against it.

Given all of the above, the success of this species is highly
improbable, wouldn't you think? Again - and you are sensing a theme
here - the reasons for the success are sociological, not
biological. And again, this has a direct bearing upon the proceedings
against Dr Krocek.

Like any plant species, it dedicates itself to maximising the success
of its reproductive cycle. And the reproductive cycle of the Blue
Triffid is most unique. The flower is the primary sexual organ of
course, but it is assisted by a number of other organs - its
prehensile whip-tendrils, the gland which spits a mild opiate at its
chosen target, and the primitive brain-stem which coordinates all of
these. In this way the plant draws upon the techniques of naturally
occurring carnivorous plants (although I stress that its behaviour is
not carnivorous, just the techniques used), and it also draws somewhat
upon the mythology of its namesake, I dare say, but that is just
speculation as to what Dr Krocek's inspirations were.

The flower of the /Floris Sapiosexualis/ is about 1.25 metres across
and consists of 18 large blue rounded petals. The flower opens from a
bud that grows to the size of a small beachball. The plant itself
generally has an array of broad green ground sitting leaves, while its
central stem underneath the bud can be 20 to 25 centimetres across to
stabilise the weight of the bud. This leads down into the root
assembly which fans out and stabilises the plant. Once the flower is
ready, it opens and faces usually about 70 degrees upwards and towards
the sun or sunlight, while the tendrils normally lie on the ground
around the flower waiting for a sign of disturbance.

In warm and temperate climates it appears to be a perennial, but in
colder climates it appears to have the ability to survive at its root
base through quite harsh conditions. A magnificent achievement,
really.

The Rapeflower is a unique design as it produces its seeds deep inside
its stem, and pumps them out at the opportune moment. No natural plant
functions like that. Generally 6-10 seeds are produced in a single
flower. Its pollen is collected on the stem itself, and the flower
attempts to gather foreign pollen from insects and the wind to improve
the sexual diversity of its offspring plants. The seeds themselves are
about the size of a tennis ball, or slightly smaller.

The Rapeflower, because it is so large, depends on its seeds being
spread far from its base in order to minimise intra-species
competition for soil and sunlight. Its seeds are also immature and
unfertilised when extruded, and require a further period of about one
month in a warm and wet environment to mature before they can survive
in the soil. Once planted, they grow /in-situ/ into adult plants over
the course of three to four months.

So this is a species which is not self sufficient in its own
reproductive cycle. It depends to some extent on bees and insects for
part of this cycle, moving the pollen. It also depends entirely on
humans - human females to be precise - for the important task of
dispersing its seeds.

Thanks Joanne, skip forward two slides please.

The Blue Triffid's unique behaviour that leverages this symbiotic
relationship is as follows:

The plant is brought from a dormant to an active state by disturbance
on the ground. Pretty much any disturbance can awake it if it on the
scale of human footprints on or near the tendrils which lie on the
ground.

On these tendrils there are sensitive smell organs. The tendrils will
rear up into the air and attempt to wrap around the source of the
disturbance, trapping it very quickly. The tendrils are extremely
flexible and can wrap around an arm or leg five or six times.

The smell glands either do or do not pick up a positive signal from
the target, depending on if they are a human female or not. There have
apparently been false positives recorded, where a cow or something
similar has been targeted by the plant, but generally they are pretty
accurate. If no positive signal is picked up, then the tendrils will
loosen and fall back to the ground, giving the target a good minute or
two to make their escape before the plant is again sensitised.

If a positive signal is detected, then the tendrils will tighten
further, and the pads will come into play. The ends of each tendril
are tipped by these pads you can see here, about 8 centimetres long
and 4 centimetres wide. They are covered in a very fine serrated furry
fibre, which does not really drag against skin all that much, but it
can grip fabrics like a really strong velcro.

Any tendrils that are not actively holding the target will launch
repeatedly at the target and drag against her, pulling and tearing
clothes. This action is very strong and can tear most fabrics to
shreds.

Those tendrils that are holding onto the target will simultaneously
begin to manipulate her into the position which is needed by the
plant. Generally, this is a kind of squatting position, facing away
from the flower. The tendrils are exceptionally strong, and can and
usually do hold the target slightly - a foot or so - above the ground
while thus manipulating her. Whether the target is struggling or not
generally makes no difference. Generally any struggling will stop
anyway as the plant uses its special gland to spray its opiate at the
target to calm, but not incapacitate her. Some allege that the opiate
has some aphrodisiac properties, but I am dubious about this, and it
speaks of hindsight I think, given what later occurs.

How the plant knows the target is appropriately positioned is a
mystery that only Dr Krocek can settle, but I suspect that it is
simply a sense of weight and position of the tendrils.

During this time, the metabolism of the plant will speed up in
preparation for seeding, which will warm the plant, particulary the
flower stem. Glands on the flower stem will start to secrete an oily
sap, which will collect up all the pollen on it.

The flower stem itself is covered in a lot of these glands, and is
usually about six inches in diameter, and anywhere from 18 to 26
inches long. The tip of it is a strong cartilege-like material, and
has a rounded conical point to it, but this will open out to let the
seeds through during seeding. The stem is accompanied by a second stem
which is covered in fur, which runs parallel to it, about two inches
away, about 3/4 its length. This seems to have no other purpose than
to stimulate the target.

So, the target will be manipulated up until she is squatting over the
flower, then she will be pulled down such that the stem begins to
penetrate her vagina. The motion of the tendrils is quite slow, so it
usually takes a while for the target to be pulled down, but the plant
will generally pull down the target for a while until there is no
further downward movement, then relax slightly. Entry of the stem into
the puss ... er vagina of the target is remarkably smooth - I have
been lucky enough to observe a few seedings myself, and the sap makes
for a highly effective lubricant.

Once the target is sitting securely on the plant stem, then the stem
itself begins to move. This appears to be purely a favour to the
target on behalf of Dr Kocek, this part of the process appears to use
a lot of energy while giving no discernable short-term benefit to the
plant, especially how long it goes on for.

The stem has a movement gland at its base with a sort of biological
hammer and piston mechanism inside it. It repeatedly pulls back and
releases the plant stem, making an audible 'tap' sound as it does
so. The tapping begins slowly, about one cycle per second, and speeds
up very gradually.

The tapping continues and speeds up for a very long time - half an
hour is typical, and up to an hour is possible. By the time the energy
of the plant is spent, it may have reached up to 80 cycles per
second. Ex-targets have reported some pretty extreme numbers of
orgasms while in the clutches of this thing, so its movement appears
to be well tuned to human physiology. During the process of this
movement, the target will be held quite still, although there will be
movement of the second stem across their pudenda, usually enough to
touch their clitoris extensively.

When its movement energy is expended, it moves rapidly to the
seeding. At this point, the target is tipped backward about 45% and
pulled down firmly on the stem. The tip of the stem is very effective
at finding the cervix of the target, and as the target is pulled
slowly and firmly on the stem, the tip will stretch and penetrate
through into their uterus. Some targets have reported excruciating
pain as a result, although a surprising number report little pain, and
a very strange but somewhat pleasant 'full' feeling - bear in mind
that the tip is very smooth indeed, and the movement is very slow.

Once through the uterus, the pressure of the target's cervix around
the stem's tip will cause the tip to open up in her womb. Then the
plant will start pumping the seeds up into her, with the assistance of
plenty of the sap liquid. This can be pumped in at a quite high
pressure, enough to get the womb to expand to accommodate all the
seeds and liquid.

As to fertilisation, the sap liquid has absorbed a lot of the pollen
on the outside of the stem and it has been osmosed in and pumped
up. So we think that fertilisation takes place inside the womb of the
target.

As I noted, there are up to 10 seeds, and the female womb is very
flexible in accommodating these. These will essentially mature inside
her for about a month, after which they will start to give off
hormones which mimic those that women experience around the time of
labour in childbirth. This causes a mock-childbirth to happen, in
which the seeds are expelled from the womb through the vagina. This
can happen quite precipitously, so women who are implanted by the
Rapeflower often have to squat down in awkward places to give birth to
seeds.

Once the seed is expelled, it is ready to grow where it lies,
providing it is on soil.

So, where was I? Yes, once the target is implanted by the flower, it's
all over, really. The tendrils will loosen and the plant will be
spent. It's largely up to the target female to extricate herself from
the flower's stem, which can take some pulling and squirming about,
and she frequently will require assistance to pull herself off it.

Now I'd like to turn to the sociological phenomena associated with
this plant, starting with the time just after implantation, and then
moving on to other things.

The first phenomenon I find telling. Now, it is perfectly feasible to
remove the seeds from a target's womb - call her a 'victim' if you
must - with a brief non-invasive surgery. What we have found is that
after the initial rush of targets to hospitals in the early, panicked,
days of the plant's appearance, very few actually choose to do so any
more. Perhaps less than 5% of cases.

This can be explained in terms of rational behaviour of course -
perhaps the effort, embarrassment and stress of even the non-invasive
surgery is not seen to be worth the effort by victims. It still seems
strange that so few, many of whom refer to having been 'raped' by the
plant (a tad anthropomorphic I think) choose to dispense with its
offspring.

Let us move on then. Most victims therefore spend a month per occasion
bearing the offspring of the plant, before having to give birth to
them. It is not easy to conceal this - a victim tends to have an
abdomen that is distended somewhat like a five-month pregnant mother,
but on close inspection the eggs form a distinct and different shape
to a human fetus in its placenta - much lumpier. So there is a
significant and visible proportion of the female population that has
had this experience in society. Shared experiences, we know, usually
create shared communities. There is indeed evidence of this, in terms
of interactions between these females, and also the sudden popularity
and vogueish nature of "maternity" clothes that are sized only for a 5
and not a 9-month pregnant mother. Bear in mind that these women must
continue on with their everyday lives and careers while in this state.

In terms of the size of this population, you can see here that it is
not inconsiderable. And this is where it starts to get
interesting. Yes, these plants have proliferated and are now to be
seen everywhere in cities in East Asia, and yes, with increasing
numbers of plants you would expect increasing numbers of
incidents. But you would also expect a point of diminishing returns
when humans adapt and take precautions, and the plants approach
saturation point and cannot increase their numbers much more. We have
seen the latter, but the numbers of incidents is still on its straight
upward path, even while botanists have determined that the number of
plants has flattened out. Are human women really unable to learn to
avoid tendril-laden gardens, or is there something else going on here?
Remember that Dr Krocek is accused of *mass rape*.

I mentioned precautions, and there are certainly plenty that can be
taken, even as the eradication programs are failing and being wound
back to public gardens and thoroughfares only.

In the early days, protective undergarments became very rapidly
available - those made from strengthened materials that cannot be
removed by the plant's tendrils. Indeed, even a sturdy pair of jeans
provides a fairly reliable level of protection. You would think that
if the threat is as grave as it is made out to be they would be
ubiquitous wouldn't you? We find that wearing these is very much the
exception to the rule. Dresses are in this season, just like
last. Retail figures even show that shops that specialise in
inexpensive, flimsy and discardable cotton clothing are outgrowing the
rest of the market.

In fact, there's a new vogue for going pantyless among young women,
evidenced by papparazzi photographs every week showing the pussies of
celebrities in intimate detail. Girls nowadays seem to think of their
pussies as being part of their general 'look', and wear short dresses,
and adorn their pussies with jewellery, tattoos, perfumes, even
cosmetics - I hear the new thing is to apply lipstick to one's labia
minora in a variety of colours.

Is this the behaviour of a populace terrorised by the threat of the
Rapeflower? I think not.

Ladies and gentlemen, the picture I am painting for you is one where
the human race has actively aided and colluded in the evolutionary (or
revolutionary) success of the /Floris sapiosexualis/, every step of
the way. That is to say, women are surrendering themselves to this
plant and *choosing* to spread its seeds. Not a few, but tens of
millions of them.

Yes, this is a highly controversial statement, and I can understand
your protests, but the evidence bears it out. There is now a
widespread subculture among women, of going deliberately in search of
Blue Triffids for casual sexual satisfaction, or being consciously
carefree in their approach to areas where the Rapeflower is present.

At the moment a strong taboo attaches to this behaviour, but that
makes it no less prevalent. Some of the more censorious authorities
are already sensing this, and some have threatened to prosecute and
fine women who appear to be deliberitely abandoning themselves to Blue
Triffids, a measure which fortunately was opposed and shouted down by
feminists and civil libertarians.

If this behaviour is as widespread as I believe it to be, then what we
have is effectively the emergence of a new sexual orientation, in
addition to hetero and homosexuality. Women who have sexual,
reproductive relationships with plants. The history of homosexuality
has told us that when a sexual orientation is victimless and highly
prevalent, then the communities will find a voice and eventually the
taboos will dissolve. I have every expectation that the same is about
to happen with women who mate with the Blue Triffid.

At the same time, society itself has to adapt to new experiences. One
of the most jarring is witnessing in public the sight of a Rapeflower
mating with a human female. So commonplace has this become in some
cities that no effort is made by passers by to intervene and
'help'. Again, the growing perception that the women do not need or
want help contributes to this. This is unfortunate for those souls who
did not mean to engage in sex with a plant, but I believe these cases
to be pretty rare at this stage.

All this I will deliver in testimony to the Hague next week in defence
of Dr Krocek. Although I believe his unaudited release of a novel
life-form into the wild to have been highly unethical, I believe the
charges he faces are extremely unjust. The /Floris sapiosexualis/ is a
technical triumph of bio-engineering, and has enriched the life
experience of millions of women. I thank you for your patient
listening, I would like to answer any questions you may ...

... ow! ... oh ....

... oh god ... the contractions. Sorry, I will need to depart at this
point. Joanne, could you please shut down the laptop for me. Goodbye
everyone!

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