The Draft

Griff · 01-08-2003, 12:45 PM

Hoping to reinvigorate the factions, with apologies to Gen. Washington, how do you people feel about the refloating of the draft? The idea is that people would be less willing to accept a war if they knew that kid upstairs was going to be conscripted.

While I think these folks have an interesting arguement, I know that the draft is slavery. If we had a Swiss system where we were certain we'd be defending apple pie, I could see it, rifle in the closet, go back for training once in a while with the absolute certainty that I'd be defending America, not its "interests". There is also that little fortunate son tradition which ensures that most of your legislators won't have to worry about seeing their kids in body bags. Can a draft ever be free of shenanigans?

So anyway, NO!

01-08-2003, 12:45 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The Draft Hoping to reinvigorate the factions, with apologies to Gen. Washington, how do you people feel about the refloating of the draft? The idea is that people would be less willing to accept a war if they knew that kid upstairs was going to be conscripted. While I think these folks have an interesting arguement, I know that the draft is slavery. If we had a Swiss system where we were certain we'd be defending apple pie, I could see it, rifle in the closet, go back for training once in a while with the absolute certainty that I'd be defending America, not its "interests". There is also that little fortunate son tradition which ensures that most of your legislators won't have to worry about seeing their kids in body bags. Can a draft ever be free of shenanigans? So anyway, NO! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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