Return to Robert A. Heinlein main page Books-Commentary - Robert A. Heinlein Would you trust the UN with nuclear weapons as in Space Cadet? The Patrol in Space Cadet was perceived to be a kind of executive arm for a global UN. But this UN had nuclear weapons to keep the peace. Do you think that's what Heinlein intended, and if so what do you think about the UN using nuclear weapons to impose its will? Click here to post a message        posts on 5/27/2006 2:39:26 PM I personally wouldn't trust the UN with a Swiss Army knife. I'm waiting for the Mother Thing to come and straighten us out...        The commentator Dale Dietzman posts a bold assertion on 4/3/2005 11:50:06 PM Gotta be careful who you give a potato gun to. And remember from TMIAHM that a big rock and a deep gravity well is better than a A-bomb and not nearly so messay...no radioactive fallout or anything. I though it was funny that Robert chose to pound the A-bomb proof Cheyanne Mountain flat, in that story, using only moon rocks.        The commentator Stormcrowe posts a bold assertion on 4/3/2005 10:51:51 PM Holy sexually active bovine, Batman! We're in agreement. The world must be about to end. The concept of the International Silly Society commonly referred to the UN getting off their collective thumbs and actually doing something usefull? Not bloody likely!(BIG EVIL GRIN) The idea however of a one world government? as long as we were the government I'd support that. While our government is screwed up, it's still the best one around! A free people can ALWAYS accomplish more than a people who are enslaved by their own leaders.        The commentator Eric Voorhies posts on 4/3/2005 10:32:06 PM In fairness, the UN could probably be trusted with a potato gun- the combination of inertia and Security Council vetoes would keep it from being fired in anger lightly. And I DID say that I would trust the UN with nuclear weapons... not very far. The problem with atom bombs is that the d@#^ things make me nervous BY THE VERY ACT OF BEING ON MY PLANET. Personally, I have a deep longing for a 'cleaned-up' UN that works for the purposes for which it was intended- one of which was to keep powerful nations in check. However, to 'clean up' the UN would require virtually infinite diplomatic capital- the sort that can only be earned by winning a major war. So it's probably not in the cards. Sigh. Click here to post a message Other Recent Robert A. Heinlein Discussions If Heinlein had written one more book.... Heinlein - To Sail Beyond the Sunset - Grandpa does the entire family? Do you agree with Heinlein's advocacy of Incest and Polygasms? 11/6/2009 3:45:26 AM Robert A. Heinlein 10/4/2009 4:43:53 PM Was The Cat Who Walked Through Walls a Tribute to Capitalism? 10/3/2009 9:49:40 AM Did Robert Heinlein believe in racial & genetic purity? 10/3/2009 9:23:32 AM Heinlein and polygamy: If you were in love, would you share your woman? 10/3/2009 9:20:31 AM Heinlein: Would you use a time machine to have sex with Mom? 8/19/2008 12:02:45 AM Was the protagonist of - The Door into Summer - a pedophile? 10/7/2006 4:11:24 PM Would you trust the UN with nuclear weapons as in Space Cadet? 5/27/2006 2:39:26 PM Did Rod Walker get dropped on his head from birth? 2/27/2006 9:13:32 AM How did the people in Mike's Cult avoid getting VD? 1/21/2006 10:20:38 PM Heinlein: Was Maureen Johnson a bad mother? 6/24/2005 4:03:02 PM What was Heinlein's views on military governments? 3/8/2005 9:25:58 PM Was Farmer in the Sky a Malthusian false alarm? 2/15/2005 10:34:12 PM Note: the views expressed here are only those of the posters.

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