Don't know that I agree with that. Die-hard fans of another team, sure... it'd be tough. But for the casual fan of the game, I think that in time familiarity would breed loyalty. I don't know that I'm sold on the idea of mandatory service, but I know that for me personally, it'd probably have done me a world of good in teaching me responsibility, teamwork, and the concept of contributing to society.
We're not talking about putting 8 year olds on chain gangs and having 'em break rock. You could (rightfully) argue that it's the parents responsibility to teach these things... but I think we'd all agree that not all parents can or will. So is it a bad thing for society to step in and try to instill these concepts (all "good things" IMO) in the young 'uns? On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No more so than forcing someone to go to Cowboys games would make them a > Cowboys fan. > > People either re patriotic or they are not. Forcing someone into service > infringes on an individuals right to choose. > > I am all for incentive based service programs, but not mandatory service > programs. > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't like the government mandating what I do with my 'free' time. > > > > > > Seems more like servitude than anythign else if its mandatory. > > > > > > Also, its not patriotic if its mandatory. > > > > > > > I think the patriotism would follow as a natural byproduct of being > > involved > > and contributing. > > > > -- > > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
