I remember my first haircut when entering Basic Training. hehehehe.
I don’t remember what was said back and forth between me and the
barber, but I remember a bleeding right temple (I have a prominent
mole there) and a double handful of my cut off hair.
Ahhhhh, good times, good memories.
Oh, shit! For good or ill, when a Drill has his eyes on you….
Now, how close is PC going to follow the RAH Starship Troopers
basic training chapter(s)?
I’d like to respond to what PC said in the last strip about how
people can declare themselves adult – or refrain from doing so.
First: You said something about a right to vote, but as far as I
understand there’s nothing to vote about in the Empire –
unless it’s on a local level, maybe?
As for reasons not to declare oneself an adult – some might consider
a lowered risk of criminal penalties worth the loss in agency; but
I’m pretty sure it would be unwise to try and exploit that regulation.
But there’s two things I don’t quite get yet: how is declaring oneself
“adult” done? You did not mention a lower age limit, but certainly not
every tantrumming three year old can just go ahead and declare “you
can’t make me, Mom. I’m an adult now!” and live with the consequences?
And who’s responsible for thirty year old “legal children”? They themselves –
then what’s the point of not being considered adult? Their parents, maybe?
No, it’s pretty much irreversible, and the King would have to agree.
Absent unusual circumstances, He won’t.
I said in the previous comments that anyone who wanted to declare themselves a
legal adult would have to get approval from a judge if they were under 21. And the
King could step in and negate it. So no, a Judge could not approve of a 13-year-old
becoming a legal adult and then take her as his lover, that would be tantamount to
child rape and abuse of authority. The penalties for that are brutal. As I have
explained before, there are very few laws and regulations, but the penalties for
breaking the ones that exist are pretty ugly. They are doubled for any government
employee, as they are seen as not only violating the law, but also violating the
oath taken upon entering government service and the public trust. Even a parking
ticket will cost a government clerk double.
There is plenty to vote about, the Empress has her King’s Council, like our Senate,
with members appointed by the Kings, and the House, with members elected by the
citizens. The Kings have their own Senate, appointed by local county leaders, and
their own elected House.
Plus there are local things to vote on.
To keep things from getting out of hand, the Kings and the Empress have absolute
veto power. The Empress can even veto proposed Constitutional amendments.
As to who is responsible for them, there is a difference between social and legal
adulthood. Socially, people are considered adults around the age of 21, depending
on the circumstances. They can enter into some contracts such as marriage, for
example, or loans. The penalties for fraud are a bit less, and businesses take that
into account when deciding whether to approve a contract.
This surprises me. I’m fine with minor informal contracts, usually
verbal and temporary, such as small personal loans or part-time
employment or non-business partnerships being allowed for legal
minors (how does one learn to be an adult otherwise), but I would
think any kind of formal, written contract would be limited to legal
majors. And from the government’s PoV, that’s what a marriage is.
Any social and religious trappings are add-ons and none of
the government’s business. But, your story, your world.
I remember my first haircut when entering Basic Training. hehehehe.
I don’t remember what was said back and forth between me and the
barber, but I remember a bleeding right temple (I have a prominent
mole there) and a double handful of my cut off hair.
Ahhhhh, good times, good memories.
I remember having the shortest hair going into bootcamp,
and having the longest hair after going through the barbers.
A few were ticked, but most thought it was kind of funny….
Violent climate?
Not sure that’s something that I want to see.
Oh, shit! For good or ill, when a Drill has his eyes on you….
Now, how close is PC going to follow the RAH Starship Troopers
basic training chapter(s)?
More Tom Kratman than Robert Heinlein.
I’d like to respond to what PC said in the last strip about how
people can declare themselves adult – or refrain from doing so.
First: You said something about a right to vote, but as far as I
understand there’s nothing to vote about in the Empire –
unless it’s on a local level, maybe?
As for reasons not to declare oneself an adult – some might consider
a lowered risk of criminal penalties worth the loss in agency; but
I’m pretty sure it would be unwise to try and exploit that regulation.
But there’s two things I don’t quite get yet: how is declaring oneself
“adult” done? You did not mention a lower age limit, but certainly not
every tantrumming three year old can just go ahead and declare “you
can’t make me, Mom. I’m an adult now!” and live with the consequences?
And who’s responsible for thirty year old “legal children”? They themselves –
then what’s the point of not being considered adult? Their parents, maybe?
Also: It’s not explicitly stated, but I guess you can’t go back
from adulthood to being a legal child just like that, right?
No, it’s pretty much irreversible, and the King would have to agree.
Absent unusual circumstances, He won’t.
I said in the previous comments that anyone who wanted to declare themselves a
legal adult would have to get approval from a judge if they were under 21. And the
King could step in and negate it. So no, a Judge could not approve of a 13-year-old
becoming a legal adult and then take her as his lover, that would be tantamount to
child rape and abuse of authority. The penalties for that are brutal. As I have
explained before, there are very few laws and regulations, but the penalties for
breaking the ones that exist are pretty ugly. They are doubled for any government
employee, as they are seen as not only violating the law, but also violating the
oath taken upon entering government service and the public trust. Even a parking
ticket will cost a government clerk double.
There is plenty to vote about, the Empress has her King’s Council, like our Senate,
with members appointed by the Kings, and the House, with members elected by the
citizens. The Kings have their own Senate, appointed by local county leaders, and
their own elected House.
Plus there are local things to vote on.
To keep things from getting out of hand, the Kings and the Empress have absolute
veto power. The Empress can even veto proposed Constitutional amendments.
As to who is responsible for them, there is a difference between social and legal
adulthood. Socially, people are considered adults around the age of 21, depending
on the circumstances. They can enter into some contracts such as marriage, for
example, or loans. The penalties for fraud are a bit less, and businesses take that
into account when deciding whether to approve a contract.
Ok, thank you.
What about the voting part?
First reply, third paragraph.
This surprises me. I’m fine with minor informal contracts, usually
verbal and temporary, such as small personal loans or part-time
employment or non-business partnerships being allowed for legal
minors (how does one learn to be an adult otherwise), but I would
think any kind of formal, written contract would be limited to legal
majors. And from the government’s PoV, that’s what a marriage is.
Any social and religious trappings are add-ons and none of
the government’s business. But, your story, your world.
>The good news is …
>
>That’s also the bad news
There is no such thing as “good” news for fresh recruits :}
That’s what I am thinking. lol
So how the heck can you shave a cat without shaving the cat?
The cat must agree to be shaved. Good luck.
I know one cat who likes a full body shave.
Little perv! Lives upstairs with the kids.
but how can you shave a cat’s head? The hair is gone but not the fur.
Catians have human-type hair. That’s what the barber cut off.
With their heads shaved, somehow, the round-
eared cats look even more like mice to me.
M-i-c…
K-e-y….
M-o-u-s-e…
Heh.. 😛