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<p>There is really no conceivable situation where we’ll actually NEED a draft. Even in the event of absolute emergency, we can use other weapons such as missiles ,aircrafts, and <em>gasp</em> non-conventional weapons. The draft is only useful if we want to police the world.</p>
<p>Teaching America’s “cultural rot” how to use big guns and strangle people in the most efficient way possible is probably not the best way to reduce violence and crime.</p>
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<p>I can’t believe this is even a discussion. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson states that man is endowed with the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Nothing can justify the government forcing citizens into a situation where they could be deprived of all three. Claims that a draft is necessary in this situation is absurd. Our collapsing economy and debt to the Chinese are bigger problems than Hussein ever was.</p>
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Ditch digging, picking trash up, etc. I’m sure we could think of something honorable.</p>
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<p>Seems fair to me, should we pull away and send into battle the foundation of our economy and the basis of what America is. 26-60 year old men run this country and support it while 16-24 year old men are useless to it. Id much rather see a all 16-25 year old die than all 35-40. </p>
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<p>Not true at all, somebody needs to use, make, fix, keep up all of those systems. Plus only so many non conventional weapons can be used, or you may effect yourself.</p>
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I was not aware I ever agreed to any social contract, nor do I believe that all citizens are indentured servants who must buy their freedom with two years of “service” as dictated by the state.</p>
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<p>I’m sure most 26-60 year old men wouldn’t agree with you. Oh and, 16-24 year olds useless to the economy? The economy is only as strong as its lowest base, the people doing manual labor and service. Without them you can’t have the CEOs or the managers. You want to know who those people are…16-24 year olds?</p>
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<p>Our economy’s strength stems from the top. Knowledge generation.</p>
<p>Oh it isn’t. This isn’t saying there is no need for the top but it’s just like Sim City (I’m using it as an anology). You’re not going to get to the expensive houses if you can’t first get the cheap ones to rake in the revenue from. If you want to look at a practical case of this-look at Italy. Too many college grads, too many professionals, not enough jobs. Not enough people willing to work in service with a college degree, I know I’d consider it beneath me. This is part of the reason that although Italy’s economy is good, it’s not thriving. You always need a subset of people willing to do manual labor and service, most of whom are young men.</p>
<p>Also, don’t forget that young men are the future. Don’t be so willing to let them all die in war or you’ll find yourself with no one to replace those 26-60 year olds when the time comes.</p>
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<p>you sure did agree to it, if you are 18 and still living as a American citizen.</p>
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<p>why wouldn’t they agree, its in their favor. I stand by the point that 16-24 year olds are not as important, because the lowest base doesn’t mean young. The majority of laborers and service based personnel are over 25. How often do you see a 20 year old elevator technician, garbage man, UPS man, etc. you rarely see 20 year old carpenters and painters. Do they exist yes, but they are not to common.</p>
<p>As for the next generation, reproduction is always possible after wartime’s. Baby Boom.</p>
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<p>Oh really? I never signed anything. I didn’t find any fine print on my birth certificate saying “This individual property of the state.” But then, I am not yet 18. Perhaps on your 18th birthday, sinister men in dark glasses approach you and offer you a life in bondage, with the alternatives of emmigration or suicide? Did I miss something???</p>
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<p>YES!</p>
<p>Seriously, I hope McCain wins so things will just continue to go totally crazy in the USA. Its a “things must get worse before they get better” sort of theory/mentality.</p>
<p>Hypothetically speaking, if I was drafted, I would like my manpower to be used to guard the border or police the streets (LA, Santa Ana, Chicago, or Detroit). </p>
<p>Chasing around delusional Middle Easterners in a wasteland would be such a . . . . . waste.</p>
<h2>Sadly, being drafted seems to imply lack of choice.</h2>
<p>“Don’t be so willing to let them all die in war.”</p>
<p>Seriously, I don’t want to sound callous, but the total number of deaths related to military operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq is currently around 5,000. Thats after what, five to six years? During the battle of the Somme in WWI, the French and British lost a total of 30,000 individuals in A SINGLE DAY.</p>
<p>Also, the population of the US in 1910 was a third of what it is today.</p>
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<p>A draft will never be enacted, because, as Mr Payne said, it would be political suicide.</p>
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<p>Funny. So simply because I was born here, I must do something against my will simply because in a few months I will have happened to have been on this earth for 18 years? I will be forced to do something against my will because I simply do not want to move? Or will I not have to because I happened to be born a woman? Or because I am fortunate enough to go to college? If I were forced to be drafted, I would become a teenage mother simply so I could not go. Then how much of a benefit to society would I be? Being forced to chose to remain in a country I love or to do something against my will is a choice that I hope I never have to make (meaning to either remain an American citizen or be drafted), but if I am forced then I will very quickly give up my citizenship because it will no longer be the country that I love. And I know many people my age that feel the same way I do.</p>
<p>if you are a minor your parents have and agreed to a social contract upon your citizenship automatically withdrawn.</p>
<p>If you are 18 or above and you choose to keep your citizenship by staying in this country then yes you agree to a social contract. You have every right and ability to move to another country or hold citizenship to non.</p>
<p>What are they teaching people in schools these days, has nobody ever heard of Rousseau. I learned this in 4th grade.</p>
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I think everyone has heard of Rousseau… only, Rousseau’s Social Contract Theory had nothing to do with a draft. It never gets that specific. I think you should go back and review your fourth grade notes. Social Contract Theory is about how any law that the people do not support is null and void but that the people must give up some freedom to give power to the sovereign. The draft is, more or less, against Social Contract Theory since it is supported by very few people.</p>