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He went on at length. Mohammed and Noureed were common enough names. The Middle East was full of old U. S. weapons. Stoning was the traditional method of execution; it diffused responsibility so that no individual could be singled out for blood feud vengeance. HE WENT ON AT LENGTH MOHAMMED AND REED WERE COMMON ENOUGH NAMES THE MIDDLE EAST WAS FULL OF OLD U S WEAPONS STONING WAS THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF EXECUTION IT DIFFUSED RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT NO INDIVIDUAL COULD BE SINGLED OUT FOR BLOOD FEWED VENGEANCE
y flight had been solved before the first robot rocket was landed on Luna." "Yes. And when Mars and Venus are colonized, there will be the same historic situations, at least in general shape, as arose when the European powers were colonizing the New World, or, for that matter, when the Greek city-states were throwing out colonies across the Aegean. That's the sort of thing we call projecting the past into the future through the present." Hauserman nodded. "But how about the details? Things like the assassination of a specific personage. How can you extrapolate to a thing like that?" "Well...." More "memories" were coming to the surface; he tried to crowd them back. "I do my projecting in what you might call fictionalized form; try to fill in the details from imagination. In the case of Khalid, I was trying to imagine what would happen if his influence were suddenly removed from Near Eastern and Middle Eastern, affairs. I suppose I constructed an imaginary scene of his assassination.... Y THAT EVERY MAJOR PROBLEM OF INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT HAD BEEN SOLVED BEFORE THE FIRST ROBUCK ROCKET WAS LANDED ON LUNA YES AND WHEN MARS AND VENUS ARE COLONIZED THERE WILL BE THE SAME HISTORIC SITUATIONS AT LEAST IN GENERAL SHAPE AS AROSE WHEN THE EUROPEAN POWERS WERE COLONIZING THE NEW WORLD OR FOR THAT MATTER WHEN THE GREEK CITY STATES WERE THROWING OUT COLONIES ACROSS THE AGING THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE CALL PROJECTING THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE THROUGH THE PRESENT ALSERMAN NODDED BUT HOW ABOUT THE DETAILS THINGS LIKE THE ASSASSINATION OF A SPECIFIC PERSONAGE HOW CAN EXTRAPULATE TO A THING LIKE THAT WELL MORE MEMORIES WERE COMING TO THE SURFACE HE TRIED TO CROWD THEM BACK I DO MY PROJECTING IN WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A FICTIONALISED FORM TRY TO FILL IN THE DETAILS FROM IMAGINATION IN THE CASE OF KALID I WAS TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HIS INFLUENCE WERE SUDDENLY REMOVED FROM NEAR EASTERN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS I SUPPOSE I CONSTRUCTED AN IMAGINARY SCENE OF HIS ASSASSINATION
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