March 13th, 2003, 11:54 PM
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Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
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Originally posted by raynor:
It seems like there are many countries where every able bodied person is required to serve some amount of time in the armed services. This is not the case in the United States. I wonder how that would affect most USA-ian's perspective if that happened in the States.
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You mean like during the Vietnam war?
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Did anyone read Heinlein's Starship Troopers or see the movie? In that fictional story, you couldn't vote unless you served a stint in the military. I wonder how that would work out if it was implemented in the US?
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Nitpick: it was federal service, and not limited to the military. Go reread the book, and ignore the movie since it was made by someone with an axe to grind against Heinlein.
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