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To: Chainmail
Get your head out -- I never said that it "would have been a horrific violation of [anyone's] individual rights"...certainly not my own, 'cuz I wasn't allowed to serve when I tried. More on that later. All I did was ask about the Involuntary Servitude Clause in the 13th Amendment -- & for some idiotic reason, you take that as an insult to those who do serve in the Military? Like the saying goes, you're "none too swuft", are you (meaning you're intelligence must be pretty low)?

One of the 1st things I tried to do after graduating high school in 1980 was join the military. I went to an Air Force recruiting office the 1st Monday afterwards. There are several members of my family who did serve, & after considering that the Iran hostage crisis was going on at the time, I felt like I had a duty to serve our country (I was still 17 also, but hoped that wouldn't matter to the Recruiter 'cuz I didn't think they had to know). But alas. one of the 1st questions the Recruiter asked me was, "Do you take any kinds of medication?". GULP....yes, I do, 'cuz I have epilepsy. The interview didn't last 5 minutes, & my dreams were crushed. Even to this day I wonder how much better my life would have been had I been allowed to wear the Uniform.

34 posted on 04/05/2015 10:00:58 AM PDT by Liberty1st
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To: Liberty1st
Your posts #12 and #18 say it all - are you retracting your statements?

I grant you that epilepsy is a bad thing and clearly would keep you from serving in uniform - but it doesn't relieve you of the responsibility of posting responsibly/insulting others' intelligence.

That last post reinforces my impression that you would be none too useful in combat or handling anything potentially harmful to those around you.

38 posted on 04/05/2015 11:03:47 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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