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

[Alma J Wetzker]

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.

All states need protection.  Most from states like North Korea and some from 
states like where GHWB's head is.  I see nothing wrong with mandatory service, 
martial or other, as long as it is used to make sure no one dares to attack 
us.  (Some would argue that in the 60's and early 70's that the draft was used 
just to fill body bags.)

     -- Alma