On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I don't know that this is true. As I said earlier, the vast majority > of American's are American's by accident of birth. They didn't *do* > anything to become an American. I'm fine with that in the broad sense, > I'm going to say that we should make all citizenship conditional and > that you have to apply for it as an adult. But I also think that it > means that we, as a country, have a quite reasonable right to expect a > measure of commitment to the country, to ask for service to the > country as part of the bargain you get by winning the lottery and > being born American. > > I dunno man. I understand your sentiment, and I agree with it.....I mean, how can you NOT appreciate being an American and want in some way to do it service? I think the country has a "reasonable right" to expect a measure of commitment...but it's a BIG jump from "reasonable expectation" to "forced service". -- I'm only one, but not alone My finest day, is yet unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
