Comments on: Mandatory Military service rears it’s head again http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/09/mandatory-military-service-rears-its-head-again My commentary on Tech News, Starting a business, Ebay, and Everyday Life Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Northern Girl http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/09/mandatory-military-service-rears-its-head-again/comment-page-1#comment-4333 Northern Girl Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/09/mandatory-military-service-rears-its-head-again#comment-4333 I considered the military right out of high school - heck - I was all but signed up as a Marine (god - can't you just picture me as a Marine, for crying out loud?) when my boyfriend at the time talked me out of it. Now I look back and - aside from thinking that I was more butch than my boyfriend - I wonder where I would be had I gone through it. Not here, that's for sure. I'd serve. Hell yes, I'd serve. But I doubt a draft would garner a whole lot of positive participation. And if we look back in history, draft-like situations didn't work very well anyway - with the exception of situations where it was a built-in part of the culture. You know, like the USSR. :) I considered the military right out of high school - heck - I was all but signed up as a Marine (god - can’t you just picture me as a Marine, for crying out loud?) when my boyfriend at the time talked me out of it. Now I look back and - aside from thinking that I was more butch than my boyfriend - I wonder where I would be had I gone through it. Not here, that’s for sure.

I’d serve. Hell yes, I’d serve. But I doubt a draft would garner a whole lot of positive participation. And if we look back in history, draft-like situations didn’t work very well anyway - with the exception of situations where it was a built-in part of the culture. You know, like the USSR. :)

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