Outside In The Cold

 

1. "But how many slaves has there been, in Earth’s long history, that their masters could trust? Quite some! There was even armies of slaves, like the Janissaries. And how many people today is domestic animals at heart? Wanting somebody else should tell them what to do, and take care of their needfuls, and protect them not just against their fellow men but against themselves? Why has every free human society been so short lived? Is this not because the wild-animal men are born so heartbreaking seldom?”
   He glared out across the city, where it winked and glittered beneath the stars, around the curve of the planet. “Do you think they yonder is free?” he shouted. His hand chopped downward in scorn.

   Posted by Oink       12/17/2005  at  09:34 AM  



2. Oink, have you been messin’ around with OCM’s bong again?

    

   Posted by The Skipper       12/17/2005  at  09:49 AM  



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   Any of you swine recognize the classic quote? Without Googling.

   Posted by Oink       12/17/2005  at  11:03 AM  



4. No, did you type that entire quote in from memory or did you yourself have to google it? Get thee behind me, ignorant pig!

      

   Posted by The Skipper       12/17/2005  at  12:00 PM  



5. I may have refreshed my memory a tad, but I’d recognize a quote from Nicholas Van Rijn of the Polesotechnic League. 

   Posted by Oink       12/17/2005  at  09:17 PM  



6. Not necessarily, Oink. I couldn’t decide if the quote came from a Robert Heinlein novel or a Jerry Pournelle novel. Both wrote books that included the Janissaries, if I remember correctly. You gotta give better hints than that.

   

   Posted by The Skipper       12/18/2005  at  01:42 AM  



7. "The Master Key” by Poul Anderson.  Old Nick is a Libertarian & his Patron Saint is Saint Dismas!

   Posted by Oink       12/18/2005  at  06:57 AM  

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