This whole argument revolves around a couple of issues in my eyes. 1. Can the government do it?
Yes, the constitution supports it, it has been done before. 2. Should the government do it? This is obviously a matter of opinion. I think personally it's selfish as hell not to do service work. > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:56 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > Are you really bringing something up from Civil War era? > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, how about grabbing immigrants as they got off the boat, forced > > them into service and sent them south to fight in the civil war? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:18 AM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > > > > > > > Nope conscription only existed since 1948 to the > 70's in the US. > > > > Before then it was not the norm, only used in times of national > > > > crisis, like the Civil War or WWI. > > > > > > > > > > > > FDR signed the STSA in 1940 the first peacetime "draft" in > > > US histroy. > > > > > > > > That's how my grandfather managed to become a tanker > > > training on M-3 > > > > Lee's at Camp Hood, Texas. He didn't very much enjoy the > > > change from > > > > being a loan officer at a bank in San Francisco California, > > > especially > > > > given that there was not a war on at the time (at least, > > > not for the > > > > US)... > > > > > > > > There had been a Selective Service Committee in operation since > > > > the mid-1920s. > > > > > > > > There was conscription during WW1 and the Civil War. > > > > > > I believed I mentioned that. but did not know about the > committees > > > in the 20's. Besides registering and actually having conscription > > > are different things. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279624 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
