From: utzoo!decvax!cca!csin!cjh
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re The Draft and Military Service
Article-I.D.: csin.207
Posted: Mon Nov  8 11:33:30 1982
Received: Tue Nov  9 03:16:39 1982

In response to your message of Fri Nov  5 14:22:36 1982:

   WHAT a hole you drive through your arguments with the last paragraphs of
your msg! First, since the military definitely constitutes unusual service
(it's the only one of the publicly funded services for which there is
significant normal approval for conscription (not surprising since it's the
only one in which you are supposed to stand a large chance of being broken
up)) it is NOT fair for the rich to be able to buy their way out. Second,
if a lot of people think a war should be fought but not by them, that
suggests a degree of selfishness that brings into question the validity of
their reasons for supporting a war; there's been some fascinating speculation
on what would happen if the warmongers were the first to be drafted. . . .

   Many of the Boston-area libertarians (note small 'l') constitute a
longer-running comedy than anything on stage, but this was too big a gaffe to
let by.
		CHip