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Originally Posted by eanbardsley  After reading posts here I see he was of the school might makes right. I would tend to put Asimov and Clarke in the school of love is answer. |
No, I'd hardly describe Heinlein that way. Most of his work actually examines the mores and ethics of our thinking, and he would sometimes take a position different from his own in order to examine such (though his own biases usually show through in some way). But he was much too intelligent and aware of both history and our capacity for destruction, or to create totalitarian regimes, to be anywhere near that simplistic. Even if one does not like Heinlein, he was a complex writer who, frankly, used the "tall tale" form to address various issues while also attempting to entertain... but also to get debates on important topics going. Starship Troopers was one such instance, as he opened up a debate there that has been going on (now and again) ever since....
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I don't even kill spiders in the house anymore, even if my sister hates them. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and release them outdoors, perhaps it is good for karma, or perhaps letting them be in their natural habitat is good for the Earth, I don't know, but I do know the earth is the only support system we have currently got, and evolution set things up a certain way, and I am not going to mess with it.
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LOL... Well, I tend to do this with spiders a lot; but then, I'm a reformed arachnophobe.....
