is it a bad thing? No. Is it a bad thing to make it mandatory? I think so. To me, forcing anyone to do anything (except maybe pay taxes) seems very un-American.
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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:279523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
