Not sure whether that would work all that well. Up until recently the volunteer military was nearly the best in the world. Conscript armies are typically nowhere near that good. I think something like a National Service would work better. Something similar to the Civilan Conservation Corps during the 30's. But with a military option as well. If everyone is required to serve in the military, how soon before everything else become militarized and we are all servants of the military. Latin America of the 70's and 80's showed how well that sort of arrangement worked.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I actually think that mandatory military service would solve a lot of > issues. We take too much for granted. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > [email protected] > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:22 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or > something? > > > Btw, I wouldn't have nearly the problem if we had a rigorous and continuous > education system for firearms ownership and use. Something akin to a marshal > arts training academy where you not only learn how to fight but when to > fight, how to engage and (most importantly) how and when to walk away. > > It would also be different if we had a mandatory military service period, > ala Israel, that required rigorous training in firearms safety and > engagement. If we really want a commonly armed citizenry, we ought to do > away with the volunteer military and establish a mandatory service period > with appropriate training. I've gone back and forth of the wisdom of such an > approach. It's something I'm still mulling over and can see the pros and > cons of. > > Judah > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354124 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
