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Parents Balk at Possible Reinstatement of the Draft | 48 comments (48 topical)
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by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:38 PM EST
I would possibly be a candidate for the "special skills" draft as I am a software developer and technician, and only 22. The way I see it, a draft forces me into a position of violence. Either 1. Violence against the poor people overseas who have done nothing to me and my countrymen or 2. Violence against the rich people who want to put me in harms way and send me to kill said poor people. I say, with all honesty, I shall have to choose the latter. I deplore violence and will not take up arms against this government (or anyone for that matter), so long as they continue to let me lead a peaceful existence. However, if they should force violence upon me with threat of bondage, than that violence shall be directed against them, and them alone. If I am selected for conscription, than I shall have no choice but to go to war, but it would not be the war that those who would conscript me have in mind. I should hope that this sentiment is resonant amongst us, and the people at large.

Parents Balk at Possible Reinstatement of the Draft | 48 comments (48 topical)

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