HI Bob,   
      
   On Mon 2012-Mar-12 02:36, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:   
      
    RW> Does being blind disqualify a   
    RW> diesel mechanic or a computer programmer?  Except for the   
    RW> severely disabled who can't do much useful even for   
    RW> themselves anybody and everybody should serve imho.   
      
   BK>  Agreed. If all you saw of Starship Troopers you didn't get the    
   BK> part where service is not just necessary to citizenship, but a    
   BK> right of anyone who is capable of understanding the commitment.  If   
   BK> you signed up they had to take you, and they could and would  find   
   BK> something for you to do. Like CW operator?   
      
   YEp, I thought I remembered that from one of HEinlein's, but they probably   
   didn't show that on the movie.   
      
   Like your comments re the Swiss earlier in this thread as   
   well.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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