Re: [GZG] Troop potential

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Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:06 AM, John Tailby
<john_tailby@xtra.co.nz>wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robert Mayberry robert.mayberry@gmail.com
> *I wonder whether the use of peacetime conscription changes a
country's
> culture appreciably? I'm inclined to say it should, but I haven't seen
> anything on it.
> *
> Yes, the unemployed gang members now have military tactics training,
more
> experience with weapons and possibly more reason to hate society. Now
they
> have the skills to do something about it. Definately a culture change
for
> the better.
>
> *Of course, in a setting where you have strong transhumanist elements,
> you could well see conscription from birth (kind of like genetic
> Janissaries), which would probably introduce a whole new dimension of
> complexity to the question.
> *
> Even without the use of transhuman genetics, is a clone soldier grown
in a
> lab a human member of society or are they a smart bio weapon? What
happens
> to such weapons when you are not at war, do you just pop them in a
suspended
> animation bunker and thaw them out the next time you need them?
>

How did Lucas handle this in Star Wars?

Mk