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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

I am a fan of a SciFi author named Heinlein. He wrote a novel called Starship Troopers. In it, he proposed that there should be two levels of citizenship - "citizen" and "resident". Citizens have all rights and can vote. Residents get to live as second class citizens, can't vote, etc. In order to become a citizen you had to serve a tour in the military. In addition, carrying hand guns was mandatory - for citizens, and anyone could challenge anyone to a duel, refusing to accept the challenge would result in the loss of your citizenship status. (Of course accepting the duel usually resulted in one of the two losing it - LOL).

Anyway. It was interesting to read how he felt those laws would affect society. I dis agree with him, but he did propose it would lead to a much more polite society, since insulting someone could lead to a duel.

"Starship Troopers"


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