Ben,
I'm glad you weren't hurt in the incident. Thank goodness for that
bystander!
Judith
> Philip-
>
> Agree with you completely about the "wish list" orientation.
> Think it goes even farther in Heinlein's mind --
> even beyond the Santa Claus "naughty or nice" list
> to delusions of God-hood.
>
> But after what happened to me, the fantasy struck the right chord...
>
> -Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8:42 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Road Rage Hell
>
>
> > Anybody remember Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" from the
> > late 60's?
> > Mike decided jails were bad.
> > So he "examined" the prisoners.
> > The "safe" ones he let go.
> > The violent ones simply disappeared, never to harm society again.
> > Hmmmmmmmmm.
>
> Heinlein's books always seemed like (excuse the expression) a personal
> Wank-Fest... he basically put in things that he's "Like to be able to do"
> rather than things that "Might be possible some day"
>
> You can just imagine him sitting there thinking "Wouldn't it be great if
you
> could read people and see who was good or bad" and then writing it into a
> book... I prefer the grittier writers who tend to write things that might
> some-day be true, like Gibson...
>
> Philip Arnold
> Director
> Certified ColdFusion Developer
> ASP Multimedia Limited
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