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and my point was that it's a good thing it heightened fear

Posted on: January 10, 2020 at 10:07:46 CT
ashtray UF
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whether or not that fear was justified doesn't matter to me. The fact that it made young people stop and think about it was probably the only good thing that came out of it.
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Selective service website crashed this week - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/10 09:01:47
     RE: Selective service: I thought it crashed when my lottery - BH O'bonga MU - 1/10 09:40:48
     Draft would be the best thing for this company 2 way - raskolnikov MU - 1/10 09:35:09
          Upper and middle class sons and daughters serve today, Rask - Spanky KU - 1/10 10:15:50
               what does "top 40 percent of the income distribution" mean? - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:18:52
                    Middle class, dipstick. It means middle class - Spanky KU - 1/10 10:21:33
                         ok, I just wanted to make sure - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:22:54
                              “Upper and middle class sons and daughters serve today” - Spanky KU - 1/10 10:34:14
                                   no, but rask did - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:39:03
                                        Ok... but i don’t think he actually said that..... - Spanky KU - 1/10 10:48:26
                                             you're right - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:57:24
          you're an idiot (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:41:33
          what if someone doesn’t want to? - pickle MU - 1/10 09:40:25
               Of course, mon ami(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/10 09:43:39
                    why do you always dodge instead of discuss? - pickle MU - 1/10 09:45:38
                         YES Dipsht, the state has the power of the state - raskolnikov MU - 1/10 10:06:54
                              And if you are anti-war, how can you support a draft??? (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 10:18:12
                              Again, why do YOU wish to use guns against people? - pickle MU - 1/10 10:12:21
                              executive summary of this post - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:08:45
     With typical government efficiency (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:21:05
     I laugh at all this draft paranoia - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 09:09:34
          I don't laugh. Young Americans are right to fear a new draft - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:23:10
               Well, they might as well also fret about an asteroid hitting - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 09:35:22
                    Yeah, the probabilities of all these events are equivalent(nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 1/10 10:14:28
                         They may not be equivalent - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:15:40
                    so why are 18-year olds forced to register? (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:46:17
                    so eliminate the draft? (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:37:23
                         Eliminate or don't eliminate - not my point - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 09:54:29
                              what is the Christian view? (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:58:36
                              if there's no likelihood of a draft, then why have one? - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:56:17
                                   Good grief ash - I never said there was no likelihood - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:05:09
                                        and my point was that it's a good thing it heightened fear - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:07:46
                                             That's fine - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:09:46
                                                  I'm not asking you to defend any point - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:11:25
                                                       When you ask me "so, eliminate the draft" - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:14:01
                                                            you provided an opportunity to discuss it - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:17:13
                                                                 OK - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:18:32
                                                                      why not? - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:19:23
                                                                           In the event we need a draft - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:30:12
                                                                                Conscription is slavery - ashtray UF - 1/10 10:42:24
                                                                                     OK(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 10:49:53
                         it's important for citizens to register with govt (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 1/10 09:43:12
          that’s a strange reaction - pickle MU - 1/10 09:10:36
               How is it an R v D issue? - Sal MU - 1/10 09:14:57
                    i didn’t say it was an R v D issue (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:23:53
                         Hmm, guess I misread this line then - Sal MU - 1/10 09:34:58
                              RE: Hmm, guess I misread this line then - pickle MU - 1/10 09:36:22
                    Did he really take my comment in that direction? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 1/10 09:17:58
     Young people don't want to do a lot of things - Mormad MU - 1/10 09:06:21
          lol...if we had a draft, about 4% could make - Mizzou Lou KC - 1/10 09:15:00
          That sounded like an envious old person statement.(nm) - Toger STL - 1/10 09:10:37
               If you heard envy, you might want try shaving the - Mizzou Lou KC - 1/10 09:20:06
          hell yes(nm) - cnk ATL - 1/10 09:08:33
          All things morally better than killing people(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/10 09:07:07
               It's just nature, man - Mizzou Lou KC - 1/10 09:17:52
                    it isn’t “just nature” (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:25:25
                         If man is part of nature, and man commits murder, murder - Mizzou Lou KC - 1/10 09:36:23
                              that’s tortured logic (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:40:54
                                   It's actually quite simple. Just the way you like it. - Mizzou Lou KC - 1/10 09:43:26
                    that would be a great defense for a murder trial (nm) - ashtray UF - 1/10 09:24:22
     There was never a threat of a draft (nm) - Sal MU - 1/10 09:02:24
          of course there is (nm) - pickle MU - 1/10 09:10:50
          Theres always a threat. Why else make u sign up?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/10 09:05:52




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