That's a recent thing, only since the 70s, before that mandatory service was the norm.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:21 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > One thing that makes this country so great is that we can > choose to 'give back' if we so desire. Forcing this upon > people takes away take choice. > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah god forbid you give back to the nation that enables us to the > > live the soft comfortable lives we live. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:50 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Judah McAuley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Obama is proposing a pretty broad program of national > > > service geared > > > > toward middle school, high school and college students. At > > > one point > > > > it was being discussed as mandatory. Now the language looks to > > > > have softened. > > > > > > > > http://change.gov/americaserves/ > > > > > > > > What do people think about the idea of mandatory > national service? > > > > > > > > Personally, I like the idea. I think that serving your > country is > > > > patriotic and could help get a lot done. I have some > > > practical qualms, > > > > wondering if we'd be able to effectively use the > volunteer power > > > > at hand or if it would really go to waste. I'd also be > concerned > > > > about kids that are working a lot in addition to > school. How much > > > > time do they really have? But 50 hours a year seems > pretty doable > > > > for most situations and I really do like the ideal. > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279518 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
