No matter what you believe it's been part of our countries law since it's inception.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 2:02 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > Again, I feel, regardless of the intent of the program, it is > entriely un-American to demand or require such service. > > Here is another (hopefulyl better) example. it could be > argued that buying an American made vehicle, built by an > 'American' company would be good for the country. Should > everyone be required to buy an American made vehicle, even > thsoe who may not want to own a vehicle at all? > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Judah McAuley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Scott Stroz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would say it is covered under freedom of > speech/expression. Some > > choose > > > (knowingly or not) to express themselves by not giving a shit. > > > > > > I would argue that one way to 'give back to the country' > would be to > > vote. > > > Would you be OK with the government mandating everyone vote? > > > > > > > No, but not because I think the idea is wrong, but rather because I > > don't think it would help the country in the slightest. The problem > > with voting isn't the number of people doing it, it is the thought > > they've put into it. I always have a dilemma when I get > down to very > > poorly known elected offices on my ballot. This year there was some > > surprising competition for the Soil and Water Conservation district > > board seats. Now I have no clue who these guys were. I read through > > the voters pamphlet and gleaned at least that much > information about > > each of them. But should I vote for the sake of voting when I don't > > really know what/who I am voting for? Are the odds that I'm > going to > > make things better or worse by voting with low information > that good? > > I don't know. It'd a dilemma. Unless a really striking > difference hits > > me in the positions in the pamphlet, I tend to skip the > race and hope > > it is decided by people with more direct knowledge than I. > > > > Civic service, on the other hand, benefits the country even if it > > doesn't have an effect on the person involved giving a shit. If a > > person doesn't care about the community at large and is going to do > > just enough to get by and then blow it off, never to return, those > > trees they plant still are beneficial. It would also be > great if the > > person learned a little something in the process (and that is my > > primary hope) but the act itself is beneficial apart from > the lesson. > > And that what makes the situation quite different than mandatory > > voting. > > > > 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:279709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
