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To: xzins
I'm opposed to the draft (I was opposed when I was eligible, so it's only fair that I oppose it now), but if it were reinstated, there are some decent reasons for including women.

First of all, if you draft women and have them working in domestic support positions, that frees up more volunteers for the front. Secondly, women have fought long and hard to receive recognition as comparably valuable citizens. Including them in the draft would not be "payback" for the men that opposed that movement, but rather acknowledgement that women are just as crucial to the existence of this country as anyone else. To ask for an exemption would be to admit that equality is a principle enforceable only if it effects a positive result on women.

That said, I am one hundred percent against women in combat roles. Now or in the future.

27 posted on 09/24/2003 8:58:32 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: Mr. Bird
Do you see a "purpose" for a woman that keeps you from seeing her as a frontline warrior, or are you just talking about differences in physical strength?
30 posted on 09/24/2003 9:01:17 AM PDT by xzins (How shall they hear?)
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