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:279516 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
