> They aren't your children anymore by that point. > They would be adults, with all the rights and > RESPONSIBILITIES that implies. We, as Americans, > and as soldiers, don't decide when to go to war. > We elect the people that make those decisions.
Read back to my previous post. The one in which I explained why you may as well put the helmet on the kid in the delivery room. A child has no control over where they are born or on where they live until they are out of high-school. They are stuck with whatever they are given. So if you mandate conscription for my children when they graduate high-school, then you may as well have enlisted them in your army at birth. You can talk about the responsibility of a citizen as much as you want, but our government is based on concepts of freedom which are contrary to this idea that it's somehow okay to decide that a new-born infant has some patriotic duty to his country upon birth. The child didn't choose where to be born, and the child didn't choose where to live. As such the child should not be forced to pay (any more than they already will) for the sins of a previous generation. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204023 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
