Better killers through chemistry
RE
earnest at tallynet.com
Fri Feb 21 10:51:42 PST 2003
Apt association. But I can't recall any neurochemical manipulations in the
book, unless they used speed. Wasn't it all militarism + group
identification + utterly alien enemy that gave the troops their
conscience-free zip?
Randy
> starship troopers, anyone? and i mean the fascist book, not the
> anti-fascist "90120 in space" . . .
>
> combine this with improvements in battlefield armor, etc. etc. and it
> looks more and more like heinlein was a genuine visionary, in this
> regard . . .
>
> j
>
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