Robert A. Heinlein: A real-life Forrest Gump

Tor Blogs ^ | August 11, 2010 | MITCH WAGNER

[Resettozero]

You have proven every point I’ve tried to make on this thread.

[Bender2]

Re: You have proven every point I’ve tried to make on this thread.

I could say the same about everything I have said and even about what the pooch left in the corner... but that don't pay the rent or clean up the dog manure, does it?

As Bob said in "If This Goes On": When any government, or any church [Or you, Resettozero] for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything — you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

[Resettozero]

Apparently, your idea of freedom is my idea of misuse or abuse of freedom. But why the tag-team this particular Sunday? I’ve always been here.

[Bender2]

There is not any tag team and you are welcome here any Sunday or any other day the same as I or bert or any other Freeper on this or any other threads.

So-- how can you simply not understand that your opinion is not the only opinion?

Or am I again misusing or abusing your freedom by daring to disagree with your version of whatever?

[big'ol_freeper]

You want some cheese with your whine?

[SVTCobra03]

The only relevant question at this point is: did he find Christ and declare Him as his Lord and Savior before he died? Otherwise, Heinlein is burning in Hell right now.

[Starstruck]

Well, no. Born in Butler,

My cousin and her family lived in the Butler home where his parents resided when he was born.

[dsc]

“During that period, he was suffering from restricted blood flow to the brain.”

I never heard that before. That blows my mind, as we used to say 45 years ago.

I always wondered what had happened to him.

[bootless]

Wow, that’s interesting! I see that Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, authors of the powerful Lucifer’s Hammer, joined RAH. Jerry’s son Alexander is an outspoken conservatarian on Facebook, too - a brave stand when you look at the intellectual bullying of progressives such as David Brin.

[Resettozero]

Show me the whine.

[Bender2]

In The Robert Heinlein Interview, and other Heinleiniana (1973) by J. Neil Schulman (published in 1990), Heinlein said, "I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces — with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way the government sticks its nose into everything, now."

Can you imagine what he'd say if he saw what the Libs... and Obama have done to us today?

[Perdogg]

ping

[big'ol_freeper]

RE: Show me the whine.

Easy as pie: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:resettozero/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

[Resettozero]

Oh, I was expecting you could show where I’ve been whining on this thread. You must be using the word whine differently from it’s primary meaning. I now see you are just long-distance jibing and are not making a serious effort to make much sense at all.

-30-

[big'ol_freeper]

If you had your ass cheeks clenched any tighter I doubt you could talk out your ass anymore.

[Bender2]

Re: Easy as... pie

Gadzooks, big-- You've got... dead aim!

Well, I practice... with the Spittsburg Stoolers!

[VermiciousKnid]

I was unsurprised by Niven and Pournelle, but VERY surprised to see Ray Bradbury on the other side.

Regards,

[null and void]

*ouch*

[bert]

You made no points....just babble

[Bender2]

Re: To me you said "Apparently, your idea of freedom is my idea of misuse or abuse of freedom." And to big it is "You must be using the word whine differently from it’s primary meaning."

So, being serious, once again I ask how can you simply not understand that your opinion is not the only opinion?

Could I be any clearer, big?