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Originally posted by Not Me
But the military leaders think that an all volunteer force is a better force. They don't want conscripts. They want volunteers for a reason.
Sure, now that you are outside the age group that would be affected by this. Were you for it when you were 18?
If this policy of forced labor were implemented, would you agree to let them at least drink legally to help them deal with it?
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Puhleeze. I rebelled at 15, so by 18 I had learned to just do what I was told.
The military would be getting "volunteers" my way. They'd be volunteering for carrying a gun instead of picking up deer shit in Yellowstone or scrubbing rocks in Valdez for 3 months.
Sort of like the choice an inner-city kids has at 18. You know, sling rocks and probably get killed by 30, or join the military (if they don't have a felony record already). If that's a choice, I don't see why my scenario isn't.
And yeah, our drinking laws are as fucked up as our drug laws.
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