Philosoraptor
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Fri Dec-22-06 01:58 PM
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As a parent, how would you feel about or react to a military draft? |
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As the parent of a military prime time aged son, I think my only hope would be an uprising and a revolution. I just don't know what I'd do, I don't even want to think about it, and most folks poo poo the idea outright, but, this is bush and cheney.
I have a daughter 36, a son 35, and a son 24. I have a grandson 7, two grand daughters, 3 and 4. Will they too be sucked into this mad bloodbath?
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Fri Dec-22-06 01:59 PM
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That makes him ripe for picking next year. I'll buy his plane ticket if I have to.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:00 PM
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2. I suppose then you too would be a fugitive from the law |
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I suppose they could imprison whole families over it. Frankly, I don't think they have that many prisons.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:55 PM
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They have plenty of prison space now. The Bush admin has been building massive "detention camps" supposedly to be used by fema for national emergencies.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:01 PM
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3. My son will be 17 next month |
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I am scared to death about this.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:02 PM
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4. Hubs will MARCH while I flee withthe gals... |
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although since they didn't bother to pass the flipping ERA they sure aren't drafting my daughters and btw they can kiss my azz anyway.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:03 PM
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5. my boys are 22,16,and 10-if there is a draft-I want an across-the-board draft |
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no exemptions,no deferments.Otherwise-you don't get my kids.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:06 PM
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9. Absolutely!! You can still fight from a wheelchair! |
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:07 PM
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11. you know what the hell I mean. |
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:08 PM
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12. Equality and accountability. |
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Equality is important. Also a war would have to be justified and declared by Congress.
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Fri Dec-22-06 03:44 PM
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Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 03:48 PM by shanti
my sons are 29, 26, 24, and 16, and i'll be damned if * gets his filthy hands on them! :grr: my community is working class, and the military recruiters work my youngest's high school heavily.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:04 PM
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We have a few years yet, but I'm not sacrificing my boys to war.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:05 PM
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7. My bush supporting brother in laws son was in the eighth grade in 2003 |
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We just had to go to war then. Now the son is a senior. We've changed our flag waving priorities quite a bit as time has evolved. Such a shame when you may have skin in the game.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:05 PM
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8. My anti-draft position is not related at all to my being a parent |
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I have always been anti-draft; from my uninformed opinion sprung from my experiences as a very young child when we were still engaged in Vietnam, through my annoying-high-schooler days when I started learning about politics, up to today where my ideas of liberty and limiting the intrusive reach of the federal government are well-set and informed. Being a parent strengthens my convictions, yes, but does not sway me.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:06 PM
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10. In the old days they sacrificed their children to Moloch's furnace |
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It's in the bible, all about how people used to sacrifice to Moloch to keep him happy, and I can't get it out of my head.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:12 PM
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13. We would react swiftly and surely |
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He (now 23 y/o) and I discussed this a few years back and my son and I would be gone. They can not have nor will they take my one and only child from me. Not while I breathe!
I think the draft is just plain wrong.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:12 PM
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14. I have a daughter 15 (in February) and a son 9 (next month)... |
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No way in Hell are they going to get my kids...NO WAY!!!
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:17 PM
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but my neice and nephew are 18 and 23 respectively. I find it interesting that their father, a career Army officer, has told them NOT to enter the military. I don't know what they would do if called on to serve.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:20 PM
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16. Assuming a draft would be gender neutral, with no deferments, |
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two very big assumptions), we've told my 18 year old daughter that after mass street protesting against the Iraq war with other like-minded folks, we are "outta here." What if they had a war and nobody came?
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:35 PM
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17. I would take my son to Canada |
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I have many relatives there. There's no way my boy goes to die for the oligarchs.
Julie
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:52 PM
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18. I've already advised both my children... |
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that if I were their age, I would leave and not be ashamed.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:54 PM
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19. I would tell them to stand up for their convictions |
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Just like I had to do during Vietnam when I was a conscientious objector.
All it takes is personal revolution, not overall revolution.
It bugs the hell out of me actually the tenor I sense in these types of posts and in people saying they would run away to Canada. To me it comes across as whining and shirking responsibility. If you are really opposed to war, you stay here and make your stand. If you run away, it might as well be cowardice.
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Fri Dec-22-06 02:59 PM
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A daughter 35, a daughter 24 and a son 22. We will take to the streets and flee to Canada or Mexico if need be. But */Cheney and their minions will not get me children--never!!
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Fri Dec-22-06 03:01 PM
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22. I'm going to be mad I'll tell you that right up front |
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if it was a legit threat I would go myself too but not for the boy king and his illegal invasions
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Fri Dec-22-06 03:27 PM
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24. YES! More meat for the Grinder! |
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Fri Dec-22-06 03:39 PM
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25. A draft in this environment? I'd go f*cking insane. |
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I have four draft age sons and a daughter around the corner.
There's a time and a place for everything. This isn't it.
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Fri Dec-22-06 03:48 PM
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27. My brother in law and I have talked about it |
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Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 03:49 PM by nadinbrzezinski
three of his kids from a previous marriage ARE military age... and he joined before he was drafted to avoid Nam, aka the Infantry
Of course he still ended in the jungle but that is another story
Our conclusion, as callous as it may be... this is what will take to wake up not only two of his kids, the third one is more or less awake, but that age cohort in general
Talking to a kid of that age cohort this week, even he said it... a draft is what it will take to wake up his counterparts in college.
Edited for spelling and clarity
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Mon Dec-25-06 12:10 AM
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28. They'll never get their hands on my kid - the Oligarchs, that is. |
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Of course, she's only ten, but we'll go someplace safe first. We're peaceniks, and don't believe in war or invasion.
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