On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > I think that service is valuable no matter what. I agree though that > it would be better if it was all voluntary. My wife and I discussed > this last night and her basic thought was "we shouldn't need to > mandate service, but if people aren't going to give back to the > country, we need to kick them in the butt a bit and try to get it to > be a habit". I like your wife's way of thinking..... > The plan I saw from Obama was focused on middle school to high school, > then optional at the college level as a way to help pay for college. > Does that change you opinion, when it is focused more on educating > children about service though example and trying to create a habit, > rather than mandating it for every adult? I read just a little bit about that today, and on the surface it seems like a pretty good idea, don't you think? > I'm open to the idea of non-mandatory plans (and so it seems is Obama > since the mandatory bit has been seemingly pulled from change.gov). > What do you think would work though? Well that's the million dollar question. How do you keep valuable service to one's country voluntary, and yet make it not only advisable, but PREFERABLE to the alternative? No matter what we do, I think passing on a reverence and a sense of duty to our children is the most important thing we can do, and I think we do a decent job of that, for the most part. -- 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:279676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
