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Aswad -> RE: Restoring the draft (7/21/2007 4:10:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
You're wrong about China.
Israel does it though.
Norway has a 12 month mandatory service time for all males 18 years of age. Airforce does 24 months. Pacifists serve 16 months in the medical units, or community service if principally opposed beyond pacifism itself. Fail to show, and you can theoretically be put in jail for about 50% longer than the maximum sentance for murder.
I think drafts like this fits the bill for non-consensual slavery, albeit time-limited.
Had they given me a choice, I would have signed up and made a career in there.
Since there wasn't any choice, however, I would rather take the rifle to my assigned CO than anyone that he pointed me at. As it was, I managed to get a medical exemption, so nobody died. A former colleague of mine lobbed a grenade at his own CO, though now he's a designated marksman (reserve). Not sure if non-drafted armies have to put up with that kind of thing.
Just to top it off, the one time we really needed the army, they gave up, and instead the people organized a militia, intelligence service and so forth on their own. Worked a lot better, too. While we don't have handguns in Norway, some places have more than two rifles per citizen on average. My nephandi's uncle never commented on it, but he had a swastika-marked Luger .22 in his drawer from the occupation.
O.T.: This does mean there are a lot of civilian AG-3's around here, as well. Regular G-3, but with a repeater, more or less. Heavier than the M16 et al, but pretty well ignores cover the target may be hiding behind, and is reasonably accurate and reliable.
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