Interesting to know. But what about alternative service ? In the USA when we have had conscription, people who have religious objection to fighting could always become a medic or other non-combatant, or maybe get a job in a field where there is a critical shortage of workers. Billy In a message dated 12/18/2009 8:30:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
The Singapore's Societies Act, for example, requires all religious groups to register with the government but it doesn't recognize Jehovah's Witnesses or the Unification Church. I dunno if anybody can suggest a better yet practical way, but apparently the government decided to ban Jehovah's Witness after (believing that) people start 'adopting' the faith to escape compulsory conscription into 2 years military service (national service). _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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