From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihnet!tjr
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: "re: Education as a right"
Article-I.D.: ihnet.104
Posted: Thu Nov  4 12:19:34 1982
Received: Fri Nov  5 04:26:55 1982
References: brl-bmd.415

Re: student loans and "national service"

One article here suggested "drafting" doctors (and everyone else)
for "national service" in lieu of military service. Folks,
I cannot sit back and let someone advocate slavery without
rising up in anger. Such "national service", and the military
draft in general, are diametrically opposed to the fundamental
goals of this country (supreme-court rulings notwithstanding).
The revolution of 1775 was particularly in protest against such
oppressive measures of the British Crown; this seems to have
been largely forgotten during the past 200+ years. We have
deliberately saddled ourselves with precisely the same abuses
from our government that we rebelled against originally; the
list is long, but surely the draft is the most repulsive example
of government intervention in its citizens' lives. Our government
is supposed to be the servant of the people, not their master -
that is the central difference between our way of life and most others
on this planet. Let's not blow it, fellas.

		Tom Roberts
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