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From: keith@rlgvax.UUCP (keith)
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Subject: The Draft
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 01:29:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 01:29:07 1983
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							19 Aug 83
So... you know...

>	"I know for a fact that given the circumstances that I had a gun,
>	and the guy opposite me had a gun, even if I knew he was going to
>	kill me, I would never be able to pull the trigger."

Wow... You've been in that situation?  And he killed you?  Just how do
you know that for a fact?  And in every conceivable set of circumstances
you *know* that you wouldn't kill.  A quote from OUR fortune file:

I wish I could be as sure about anything as some people are about everything.

The revelations continued:

>	"And forcing people to be in that military, even in a non-combat
>	role, if they have a moral obligation against killing is unjust,
>	unfair, and down-right unkind."

You aren't forced to be in that military.  You *always* have the option of
renouncing your citizenship and going wherever you so choose.  Few things
are free, buster.  Your citizenship and protection from all those nasty people
out there isn't one of them.  To drag out a rather tired argument, it only
takes one to make a war.  Hitler deciding to destroy most of western Europe
did not require the draft/registration/permission of England's youth.

More, more, more!

>	"Why don't you people grow up."

I don't know about you, but I've always felt that part of maturity was the
ability to face reality; to not get lost in fantasies about the way it
*should* be.

I will agree with you on the feminist and teenage issues:

Women should register.  They should also be used in combat.  They make
*better* (read that again folks) BETTER fighter pilots than men.  (Check
the stats on reaction time and the effect that a wider pelvic structure
has on your ability to handle G-forces.)  There is *no* reason why women
can't fight.  On the ground, no way.  (If I need a grenade to go 30m and
it goes 25m, apologies don't help.)  In the sky, on the ships/submarines
(where they would use less supplies, air, and would be less susceptible
to claustrophobic reactions) absolutely!

Yes, 'nuff said.  As far as I'm concerned, too much said.

		Keith
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