From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!reed!mrs@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: The Draft & Involuntary Servitude, again
Article-I.D.: reed.157
Posted: Wed Nov 10 14:46:41 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 08:23:14 1982

Greg Travis states that we can no longer afford morally, mentally or    
economically to perpetuate the military "nightmare". I feel that he has
a very good idea. Imagine the U.S. as a place where nobody feels the need
to settle disputes through violence, and indeed, the means to do so don't
exist. A 'golden age' would undoubtably be brought about. This would be
very similar to the 'golden age' of the Roman Empire, although hopefully
without the aid of a bunch of legions. The problem comes however, when a
bunch of uncivilized barbarians, with their outdated ideas of conquest and
plunder break up the party. The 'golden age' society is then left with no
means of protecting itself, and will eventually fall to the savages.
 
The idea of a society without the need for a military is