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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aw yeah, this comes up every time "Starship Troopers" is discussed... people say the author is obviously very pro-military (or something), but it's not like that, it's more like he's thinking through the issues and has some very mixed feelings.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Every time someone says RAH believed this or that because of something a character said, I want to post this. Drives me up a wall.