Chickenhawks
Outside the Beltway has a discussion about the latest iteration of the Chickenhawk flapdoodle. I was especially intrigued by this comment by one Richard Aubrey:
IMO, “Starship Troopers” was the worst movie ever made from a good book. Nevertheless, it got some ink for reminding us of Heinlein’s view that only veterans should have the franchise or public safety jobs. That was thought to be a frightening view of the future, an incipient tyranny. It is, ironically, the easily logical result of following the chickenhawk argument about one more small step.
Any thoughts from our resident Logic Police Department?
April 30th, 2004 at 4:05 pm
I don’t think I understand the author’s point. Too abstract of a thought for a poor ex Marine.
By the way, it wasn’t just “veterans” in [i]Starship Troopers[/i] with the “franchise or public safety jobs.” It was anybody who had commited themselves to Public Service, and allowed them to do the most basic things like casting a vote.