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No Name02 writes:

So I do not think that I am a parasite on society. But by no means do I think that being a soldier or even participating in a war (= killing other beings) is the only way to serve society or have a say in your countries democracy.

However the book SST did not say that serving in the military was the only way to complete Federal Service. Just a requirement to hazard ones life in service to society. The book follows the career of a soldier (Mobile Infantry) but during a medical check, a doctor tells Rico that the check is just to determine what a person can do. Not sure if this is correct but from memory, the doctor says that if all a person can do is feel fuzz on a caterpillar, thats what they will do for their Federal Service (although in a hostile environment).

In every way people are given the chance not to complete their service, so that only those who show determination, don't foul up or get unlucky, manage to complete it. If people get their impression of the book from watching the film, don't. The film was a complete 180 of the book. No women in the Mobile Infantry, the infantry were an elite unit, small in number, fighting in highly complex powered armour.


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Detailed Casting Products writes:

Send Robert A. Heinlein a Birthday Present

A new sci-f destroyer - the Heinlein

Though he may have passed away, you can still send Robert A. Heinlein a birthday present!

This July 7, 2007 will mark the 100th birthday of Robert A. Heinlein, author of the Hugo award-winning novel Starship Troopers and a veteran and supporter of the U.S. Navy. Heinlein, Naval Academy class of 1929 and author of books that inspired his readers to become scientists and engineers, deserves to have his native country honor him with the naming of one of the new DDG-1000 class of 21st-Century destroyers. Sleek in design and displaying an outline from out of science fiction itself, this new naval ship deserves to have a proper sendoff by carrying the name of a long-time naval supporter and visionary.

For those that may be interested, here is a website with details of how to request that this become a significant part of "future history":

heinleincentennial.com/ussheinlein.html

Happy Birthday and "Shines the name" of Robert A. Heinlein!

Info on the ship class here.

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