On 3/7/07, Ken Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, Susan, your point then is that no war was necessary to create or > defend this country.
Nooo, actually that wasn't my point at all. I said nothing about the necessity of the American Revolution. As to 'defending the country', I'm not sure when you say that whether you mean the country as a political entity or a collection of people. I see no reason to defend the former, and the latter may or may not find it necessary to enage in war to defend themselves. My real point was that a draft is never necessary. It's never *necessary*, and it is ALWAYS *evil*, to enslave others. > We'll just have to agree to disagree on that. I suppose. We might actually some day understand one another, or come to some sort fo agreement. > Furthermore, I believe that they will be necessary in the future in > order for us to maintain even a semblance of a free society. Could be, if 'they' means 'wars'. I certainly don't disagree with that. > My point > about Washington was that, even though he commanded a "volunteer" > army, they lost their freedom once in. Well, then, they were slaves. > An Army can be run no other way > and be expected to win a war. Excuse me? Do you really believe that you cannot win a war with free men? I'm flabbergasted at the concept of a war for liberation *requiring* slavery. Next you'll tell me that it takes alcohol to make a man sober, or a rainshower to dry a man off. > I'l close with a little motto that was > engraved on untold numbers of Zippo lighters: > > Yea, though I walk through the Valley > Of the shadow of Death, > I will fear no Evil, > For I am the Evilest S.O.B. in the Valley! Umm. Right. *shakes head*. -- Susan Hogarth http://www.colliething.com
