rolleitreks
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Sun Nov-19-06 04:58 PM
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I'm a little tiny eeny-weeny part of State and will contribute to its functioning in ways of my choosing.
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| -The Modern Draft -- Yes, we need it, but NOT just military |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 03:15 PM |
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K&R |
musette_sf |
Nov-19-06 03:17 PM |
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THIS THREAD IS MISGUIDED -- READ THIS INSTEAD |
Dems Will Win |
Nov-20-06 03:41 PM |
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respectfully disagreeing n/t |
musette_sf |
Nov-20-06 06:31 PM |
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I don't agree that everyone needs to give four years of their life. |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 03:24 PM |
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Three whole months? |
acmejack |
Nov-19-06 03:32 PM |
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While I think an argument can be made |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 03:32 PM |
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So am I |
alarimer |
Nov-19-06 03:37 PM |
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But it's OK for poor kids to have to do so? |
bobbolink |
Nov-19-06 03:38 PM |
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Hardly the point... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 03:54 PM |
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Yes, it IS THE POINT. |
bobbolink |
Nov-19-06 03:55 PM |
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No, others are dying for a bunch of rich motherfuckers... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 04:07 PM |
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Yup, slavery is what I'm advocating. Just like all those slaves in Switzerland... |
bobbolink |
Nov-20-06 01:33 PM |
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Nobody is pointing a gun at their head and saying they have to |
Hippo_Tron |
Nov-19-06 05:25 PM |
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I think universal education is a MUCH better option... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 05:30 PM |
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What does it mean to be an American? |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 04:51 PM |
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So many points... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 05:05 PM |
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That would be the more doable option for now |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 05:16 PM |
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I think that no matter how you try to work it |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 05:19 PM |
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Which could be helpful as well |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 05:24 PM |
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My uncle owns a successful electrical contracting company... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 05:28 PM |
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Guess what - not everyone served in WWII |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 07:12 PM |
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Stratification of society has a lot more to do with the stratification |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 07:22 PM |
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Do you REALLY WANT TO GIVE A MADMAN A BIG ARMY???? |
Warpy |
Nov-19-06 03:32 PM |
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How reactionary! |
acmejack |
Nov-19-06 03:35 PM |
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You're STILL advocating forced servitude... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 04:26 PM |
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But it WILL BE |
Warpy |
Nov-19-06 09:33 PM |
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Shit doesn't have to taste bad either. |
endarkenment |
Nov-20-06 09:32 AM |
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It's not the size that matters |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 05:07 PM |
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Maybe they wouldn't want to have a child at 18, but what if they did? |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 07:17 PM |
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Give me a break |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 08:07 PM |
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Oh great.... |
BlackVelvet04 |
Nov-19-06 03:35 PM |
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Other, much more progressive countries, have a mandatory service. |
bobbolink |
Nov-19-06 03:40 PM |
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Which other progressive countries? |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 07:17 PM |
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Ever heard of Switzerland? |
bobbolink |
Nov-20-06 01:16 PM |
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I don't care what other countries do..... |
BlackVelvet04 |
Nov-19-06 07:23 PM |
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"I don't poll other countries to determine what my opinion will be." |
bobbolink |
Nov-20-06 01:17 PM |
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I don't know, was there? If you are |
BlackVelvet04 |
Nov-20-06 01:26 PM |
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Neither does he. |
bobbolink |
Nov-20-06 01:31 PM |
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How stupid. |
BlackVelvet04 |
Nov-20-06 03:17 PM |
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Changing the content, not the process. |
bobbolink |
Nov-21-06 04:33 PM |
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As a member of my county's Selective Service Board.... |
Aviation Pro |
Nov-19-06 03:37 PM |
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Forget it, AP. |
acmejack |
Nov-19-06 03:40 PM |
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Obviously all that stuff is not for people like you either, huh? |
acmejack |
Nov-19-06 03:38 PM |
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Ah, maybe you should do the numbers.... |
HereSince1628 |
Nov-19-06 03:48 PM |
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Now that you've thought about that, think of what just the payroll burden would be |
HereSince1628 |
Nov-19-06 04:00 PM |
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If I'm ever forced to sign up I'm coming to the army center with a joint in hand and... |
951-Riverside |
Nov-19-06 03:51 PM |
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Over my dead body. The State has no claim to my time. n/t |
rolleitreks |
Nov-19-06 03:57 PM |
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In a democracy, you ARE 'the state.' |
TahitiNut |
Nov-19-06 04:03 PM |
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Yeah, even though it's clear that the "State" |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 04:27 PM |
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In some ways |
realpolitik |
Nov-19-06 06:36 PM |
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I'm not sure it IS reciprocal... |
Mythsaje |
Nov-19-06 06:39 PM |
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vote blue |
realpolitik |
Nov-20-06 09:55 AM |
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Nonsense. |
rolleitreks |
Nov-19-06 04:58 PM |
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I agree. Add the Public Health Service to the services. |
TahitiNut |
Nov-19-06 04:01 PM |
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Agreed |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 04:53 PM |
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You first. n/t |
H2O Man |
Nov-19-06 04:53 PM |
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and get rid of Haliburton and KBR... |
QuestionAll |
Nov-19-06 04:58 PM |
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You've got the top post.... |
dev |
Nov-19-06 05:05 PM |
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LOL -- Good luck with that |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 05:18 PM |
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My children come from a long line of draft dodgers |
hedgehog |
Nov-19-06 07:29 PM |
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We'll all just sit back and enjoy watching the lions tear apart the Christians |
Dems2002 |
Nov-19-06 08:16 PM |
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Agree wholeheartedly K&R nt |
jannyk |
Nov-19-06 07:30 PM |
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I think that if anything were implemented, it should have to be phased |
pdxmom |
Nov-19-06 08:18 PM |
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ah gees |
iamthebandfanman |
Nov-19-06 09:36 PM |
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Civil War WWI WWI Korea Vietnam |
endarkenment |
Nov-20-06 09:29 AM |
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There was a draft at the outset of WWII, Korea and Vietnam |
rockymountaindem |
Nov-20-06 10:12 AM |
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The draft was actually activated PRIOR to our entry into WW2. 1940, iirc. |
TahitiNut |
Nov-20-06 10:24 AM |
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Exactly n/t |
rockymountaindem |
Nov-20-06 11:02 AM |
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As an individualist, I am against any sort of draft. |
EdwardM |
Nov-20-06 10:19 AM |
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do you mean "individualist" |
musette_sf |
Nov-20-06 06:33 PM |
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I'm close to being a pacifist, but after teaching in a college where |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-20-06 10:36 AM |
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Remember when in California the |
Cleita |
Nov-20-06 03:34 PM |
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If I were running the world of higher education, students would have |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-20-06 07:57 PM |
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Service earns you citizenship, and only citizens can vote. |
Beelzebud |
Nov-20-06 10:37 AM |
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The best post on this yet. |
Cleita |
Nov-20-06 03:23 PM |
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Show me the budget |
Jed Dilligan |
Nov-20-06 08:36 PM |
#74 |
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