"Johnson, I don't want you getting crazy on me in themiddle of this, so strip." What do you mean?" Get naked man."I heard Alice chuckle but I couldn't...see any way out of itso I stripped. Then the sheriff shackled my ankle to aring in the floor at the foot of the bed. He told me I couldwatch but not touch and under no circumstances couldI make a sound. I agreed. He told Alice she could staydressed if she wanted. Alice glared at him but said nothing.Then he got naked. He was about six feet tall. As a citizen you were expected to contribute to the war effort, PERIOD. You were given an assigned job and expected to carry it out. If you didn't you often found yourself on the front lines doing your best to not become Sa'arm food, sometimes without a weapon.Try to mess with the system? You found that the replicators were a very efficient method of correcting problems via recycling and nobody seemed to mind it.Oh yes, lawyers? Politicians? They had a choice join the military, or make. He decided that she should work off her punishment by becoming his sex slave... He gently touched the girl's lips with his fingers to silence her. "Shh... no, Adriana, I've got another idea. Yes, you will work for me, but not the way you're thinking," he said to her. "Here's the deal, take it or leave it. You know what I could charge you with, right? It's pretty serious. Well, I'll let you go free if, and only if, you agree to become my slave for the week your mother is gone!" he said, smiling. I think we're gonna kick some Earthling ass."All over the planet people did as Laura Whiting had instructed. They talked to each other. They discussed the question. In some cases there were arguments. In some cases the arguments were violent. In a few they were deadly.In Libby a man shot his wife to death when she refused to change her mind on how she was going to vote.In Procter two street gang members shot another when he told them that he was going to vote no and they disagreed with his.