RE: Saudi Arabia executes 81 human beings in one day.
March 16, 2022 at 3:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2022 at 3:30 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They actually are. Heinlein was a crypto fascist. A sympathetic not completely terrible crypto fascist - but still. My favorite YA author (
). I very recently re-read a compilation of his stories and commentary on his life. A fluffing commentary. I'm still comfortable and I think he would be comfortable -well delineated- with that appraisal. He really did think and write, with prescient knowledge of the inflection points for failure, that his Federation were the Good Guys. I agree. He was openly and defiantly unapologetic, in his life, in this regard....for what it's worth. He wrote and delivered speeches to that effect, with his own mouth.
His absolute best story, in my opinion, was about a boy and his dog, where his ideology was more easily and unobjectionably expressed - on Venus, iirc. Or, perhaps, in his Luna City thing. If I hadn't already made it super clear in my decade or so here that I'm a superfan....I'm a superfan. As such, this post can be disregarded as the compulsive rambling of a superfan.
). I very recently re-read a compilation of his stories and commentary on his life. A fluffing commentary. I'm still comfortable and I think he would be comfortable -well delineated- with that appraisal. He really did think and write, with prescient knowledge of the inflection points for failure, that his Federation were the Good Guys. I agree. He was openly and defiantly unapologetic, in his life, in this regard....for what it's worth. He wrote and delivered speeches to that effect, with his own mouth.His absolute best story, in my opinion, was about a boy and his dog, where his ideology was more easily and unobjectionably expressed - on Venus, iirc. Or, perhaps, in his Luna City thing. If I hadn't already made it super clear in my decade or so here that I'm a superfan....I'm a superfan. As such, this post can be disregarded as the compulsive rambling of a superfan.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
