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<blockquote data-quote="Murph" data-source="post: 2031131" data-attributes="member: 8602"><p>I could see that, kind of like Robert A. Heinlein's covenant approach in the stories <strong>Methuselah's Children</strong>, <strong>If This Goes On--</strong>, and <strong>Coventry</strong> with elements of <strong>Starship Trooper's</strong>, the book, (the movie gets a little of the superficial stuff right, and completely misses all of the elements that make Starship Troopers as relevant today as it was when the Grandmaster wrote it). </p><p></p><p>So by declaring that your sovereignty will be exercised in service of the society as a whole, you are willing to make certain sacrifices, (like vaccinations which may or may not be dangerous, I haven't studied this at all, other to note controversy exists, I have no opinion) and in return society recognizes your right to be armed, when ever where ever. I'll have to think about it more. I will note that I am leery about using the government in attempting to do good, social planning is fine in theory but the success stories are buried under an avalanche of disaster, reversed outcomes, and much of the time the simple wasting of resources, of spending a lot with little to show. </p><p>Or did I misread your point all together?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly. I started at the very edge of my personal comfort zone, and then pushed farther. Interesting the things you can find out about your self with this kind of exercise, especially if you can recognize when your response is pure emotion, and you have to start digging to find out why you have that reaction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murph, post: 2031131, member: 8602"] I could see that, kind of like Robert A. Heinlein's covenant approach in the stories [B]Methuselah's Children[/B], [B]If This Goes On--[/B], and [B]Coventry[/B] with elements of [B]Starship Trooper's[/B], the book, (the movie gets a little of the superficial stuff right, and completely misses all of the elements that make Starship Troopers as relevant today as it was when the Grandmaster wrote it). So by declaring that your sovereignty will be exercised in service of the society as a whole, you are willing to make certain sacrifices, (like vaccinations which may or may not be dangerous, I haven't studied this at all, other to note controversy exists, I have no opinion) and in return society recognizes your right to be armed, when ever where ever. I'll have to think about it more. I will note that I am leery about using the government in attempting to do good, social planning is fine in theory but the success stories are buried under an avalanche of disaster, reversed outcomes, and much of the time the simple wasting of resources, of spending a lot with little to show. Or did I misread your point all together? Exactly. I started at the very edge of my personal comfort zone, and then pushed farther. Interesting the things you can find out about your self with this kind of exercise, especially if you can recognize when your response is pure emotion, and you have to start digging to find out why you have that reaction. [/QUOTE]
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