146. Edward, when I was facing the draft for Viet Nam. I had choices.
1) Go to jail.
2) Leave the country (my parents were for this option and were willing to chip in.)
3) Let them draft me and have my foot shot off by my older brother, a Marine who had done his tour in Viet Nam and wasn't going to let any of his brothers follow in his footsteps (without a huge limp anyway).
As it turned out I got a high lottery number and went to college. But I feel for you.
I would only support a draft if it was mandatory service for all with conscientious objector status based on conscious not religion. Atheists have better reasons to be conscientious objectors than the religious folks do. We don't get a do over and we don't believe we are killing or are being killed for God.
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