To: Paul C. Jesup
"...I guess in your opinion women should have no rights since they are not subject ot the draft?"
Reread my original statement. Since women are now full citizens, and since many modern military duties can be performed by women, women ought to be, by consistency, considered part of the Militia, and thus subject to the draft. Naturally, in normal circumstances, not everyone subject to the draft is called up.
Women do serve, my wife included; these persons have earned their rights. But never in our history have we had to call up 100% of the Militia, either by the Selective Service or by call outs of Militia units. Shall we then say that only those called up to serve have earned the rights of citizenship? No, of course not. But that does not change the fact that every citizen has a duty to serve, at the community, state or national level, if needed and called upon. It is one of the prices we pay for the rights and privileges of citizenship.
159 posted on
02/19/2002 6:21:38 PM PST by
VietVet
To: VietVet
Most the privileges that come citizenship have already been stripped me and most of the people of my generation, by the government.
This government is NOT worth defending because it treats it's citizens like slaves and it treats illegal aliens like citizens.
And that makes me sick.
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