<OT> One more reason I am glad I don't live in CA

[Tim Wunder]

On 3/10/2004 9:23 AM, I believe that Andrew L. Gould wrote:

> On Wednesday 10 March 2004 07:24 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:09:47 +0800
>>>
>>>Chong Yu Meng <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Matthew Carpenter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Sure.  And they should have made 2 years or more service mandatory
>>>>>for everyone, as soon as they complete HS (or drop out).
>>>
>>>Even peaceful Sweden has mandatory military service. For the objectors,
>>>time is spent serving in a hospital or other service. But two years it
>>>will be.
>>
>>I've got no problems with mandatory public service.  Mandatory military
>>service is best left for police states such as North Korea.
> 
> 
> I like the idea of mandatory public service, military or civil.  I think 
> providing high school grads a taste of responsibility and social purpose 
> prior to college would help them get more value out of their education, among 
> other things.  These days, the first couple of years of college seem to 
> prolong childhood more often than enhance adulthood.
> 
> my 2 cents..
> 

I don't like the idea of government mandated *anything*...especially 
concerning education. But I'm fairly radical in that regard, I suppose. 
Wouldn't mind seeing the government out of the education business 
altogether.
Raising children is a job for parents, not governments.
That is not to say that two years of public service would be a bad thing 
for teenagers, just that it shouldn't be mandated by the g'ment.

Tim