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Crowdance

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Sun Sep-14-03 05:06 PM
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Anyone remember the last draft?

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I overheard talking heads predicting that additional troops would be sent to Iraq. The question: where are they coming from? The answer: a likely draft.

During Vietnam, how did one qualify for an educational deferment? I have a 16-year-old girl, and believe that if a draft is instituted, they'll be calling girls as well as boys. The entire draft is unfair, but I expect a suit to ensure girls are treated with equal unfairness.

So, planning ahead, did enrollment in a 4-year college for undergraduate work qualify? How about post-graduate enrollment? Or should I be mapping that route to Canada?

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