To: JohnHuang2
Let's do it. I'm ready to go when called.
To: The Old Hoosier
I cannot believe anyone on this list advocates reinstituting conscription! People here rail on Bubba for suggesting that everyone be required to perform community service before college, but they advocate the draft? Both types of 'service' take two (or more) years out of an individuals life, against their will, at the behest of some government official. Both are serious abbrogations of individual rights, and are essentially slavery! You can say that military service is for the common good and is everyones patriotic duty, but that is the same argument the liberals make for community service. You cannot have your cake and eat it too! Be consistent, not hypocrits! Besides, wasn't it proven decisively in Vietnam that volunteer soldiers perform much better, and more willingly, than conscripts? I know you will ask, so, no, I have not ever served in the military (or in the Peace Corps). Flame away.
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11/02/2001 5:25:31 AM PST by
Careful
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