BSM1
What? Me worry?
I wanted to join the military in my teens, anyway. They won't take me because I have mental health issues, though.
Were you on the "Group W" bench?
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I wanted to join the military in my teens, anyway. They won't take me because I have mental health issues, though.
Make that "cismales".For many of us during the Viet Nam era the military did not mature us, it just made us older. 2 years would be plenty.
The draft is not ended, it's just not being used. 18 year old males still have to register.
Hmm, would these people be on our side?I believe the military helps mature people and gets them off to a good start. Would it be good if they had to serve for at least 4 years and then do what they want. I feel more people would be more mature and responsible by serving.
Oh I see.As the wife of a 24 year army vet, the military is no better or worse at maturing folks than any other walk of life.
I'm not keen on some upper class politician sending some middle or lower class kid against their will to die for a cause they may not believe in, even though these politicians would protect their own from ever being enlisted and deployed. A conscript essentially becomes a prisoner and property of the government. I'm a human rights plus liberty and justice for all kinda guy, so I oppose the notion.
The spirt of the idea here is good, but I think an alternative, non-militiristic angle would be better for this day and age. Instead of requiring military service, simply require service. It could be the PeaceCorps, some other non-profit, volunteer organization. Imagine what would get done if we had armies of volunteers helping build communities!
For youngsters who don't know about the Group W bench.....Were you on the "Group W" bench?
I believe the military helps mature people and gets them off to a good start. Would it be good if they had to serve for at least 4 years and then do what they want. I feel more people would be more mature and responsible by serving.
Retirement papers have been dropped. We are currently hatching post retirement employment schemes. Top of the list currently is buying a hotel in Daytona and playing on the bea . . . . . I mean running it.Oh I see.
Or, at least....
How's he doing?
Tom
If I'm not mistaken, Switzerland requires all males to serve. They seem to be doing well. Not to mention a lot of them own guns, too. Not too much crime there.
Yes, that needs to be fixed. You want to be a man, well, you need to deal with all that goes along with it. Welcome to the world of men.Make that "cismales".
We wouldn't want to fail to recognize the tremendous privilege afforded trans folk.
I'll also welcome women to the world of men.Yes, that needs to be fixed. You want to be a man, well, you need to deal with all that goes along with it. Welcome to the world of men.
I believe the military helps mature people and gets them off to a good start. Would it be good if they had to serve for at least 4 years and then do what they want. I feel more people would be more mature and responsible by serving.
My shins, knees, and feet are so messed up they wouldn't take me. I have bowed shins, my feet point way outwards and it hurts to bring them in, and I had my first knee surgery while I was still in high school.I tried to enlist when I was 19, but they didn't take me due to not having 100% mobility in my arms. It was the early 1980s. I suppose if it had been in another era or a time of war when the military needed every man they could get, they probably would have taken me. But at the time, they had more than enough recruits. The current volunteer system seems more than adequate for our needs.
Maybe bachelor's would be a more reasonable start, though I'm not aware of the exact comparisons of cost relative to each goal anyway.I'd rather see mandatory Master's degrees. It would be cheaper per head, still teach the value of discipline and adulthood, and contribute something to the world that is more lasting than yet another magically disappearing defense contract or yet another murdered child.