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[lady_eldarwen]

You know, I love my country, I do, BUT WTF mateThat's 2 years service to military in a soldier or in a civilian capacity. Any person, male or female, 18-26. We will all be valid draft candidates. This also extends the draft pool for an extra year as it currently ends in January of the year you turn 25

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it may not be worth grabbing a girl unless that floats your boat

[anakreon]

as a gay man with language training and computer programming skills, i wouldn't feel comfortable relying on prejudice to keep me safe.

spain, here i come! ;-)

Re: it may not be worth grabbing a girl unless that floats your boat

[lady_eldarwen]

Well girls don't float my boat but I'm only slightly chubby and have no language skills and only a minimal understanding of my computer. And by that I mean that my dad knows more than I do. I am canon fodder.

But yeah you've got the skillz man, they might get over themselves for that. Change never comes from the right corners.

I also have the feeling that the civilian angle is there for those who are physically and ...sexually unable to perform in a military fashion. The'll make sure to use every last one of us.

Re: it may not be worth grabbing a girl unless that floats your boat

[anakreon]

if it makes you feel any better, i have read a ton of commentary (new republic, salon, etc.) and the General Wisdom seems to be that most of these bills expanding the draft are, in fact, anti-war strategy. they're not designed to succeed; they're designed to make the news, and therefore make the war less popular.

however, anything can happen. passports ready, kids! ;-)

[rc]

On the bright side, the bill never went anywhere. However Sen. Ernest Hollings from South Carolina needs to be beat upside his old head.