if there was a draft...

heavycola · Post by **heavycola** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:45 am

... would you sign up?

Just an idea I had from reading Guiscard's thread, and a question I asked in a thread that i couldn't find afterwards.

If the US/UK decided that the situations in Afghanistan and Iraq had gotten so bad that they brought in conscription, would you go to war?

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:46 am

NO. I do not support killing.

Chad22342 · Post by **Chad22342** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:47 am

Honestly I would.

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:54 am

Well. I would not sign up for the draft because I feel I shouldn't be forced into a war. If I want to join the military I will but I am not going to forced into it.

AlgyTaylor · Post by **AlgyTaylor** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:36 pm

I'm one of the lucky ones that can squirm out of it on medical conditions. But if they did ask, the answer would be "no"

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:37 pm

i wouldnt

Nickbaldwin · Post by **Nickbaldwin** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:46 pm

I would go if my countries security was jeopardised.

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:08 pm

I'd be disbarred from military service on disability grounds. Hooray! Also, I'm not allowed to work as an airline steward.

So basically I can do neither what is perceived as being the most manly of jobs, nor can I do what is perceived as being the most effeminate of jobs, so there's a pleasing symmetry there.

PS: I like the poll options.

Balsiefen · Post by **Balsiefen** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:15 pm

No way, the gouvernment got themselves into he problem without my (or the majority of the uk's) support, they could get themsrlves out of it.

DeCaptain · Post by **DeCaptain** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:36 pm

NO spells NO

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:39 pm

i'd join up; i've always wanted to be in the Army, but maybe as I get older this interest will dissipate. besides, i'm way too weak to become a soldier (i believe you have to do 77 pushups in a few minutes..i can't even get past like 30)

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:43 pm

DeCaptain wrote:N-O spells NO

No it doesnt.

DeCaptain · Post by **DeCaptain** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:45 pm

Norse wrote:
DeCaptain wrote:N-O spells NO
No it doesnt.

edited just for you

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:54 pm

I served in the Israeli military for 3 years, but service is mandatory for us. I can't really take the poll hmm. On the other hand if I were an American citizen I suppose I'd dodge a draft under the current circumstances, I do think that fighting in Iraq is quite unjustifiable. Do you really think that the US would send 150,000 troops to some god forsaken land if it didn't have an abundance of oil in it?

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:03 pm

If there was a draft, i would try to find where it was coming from, then cover it with either some packing tape, a pillow, or a draft excluder.

seriously though, i'm 34....who the f*ck is going to want my sorry ass in their regiment ?

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:05 pm

Huckleberryhound wrote:If there was a draft, i would try to find where it was coming from, then cover it with either some packing tape, a pillow, or a draft excluder.

seriously though, i'm 34....who the f*ck is going to want my sorry ass in their regiment ?

not me, since you would stop a draft with package-tape, instead of just closing the window.

Huckleberryhound · Post by **Huckleberryhound** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:11 pm

Norse wrote:
Huckleberryhound wrote:If there was a draft, i would try to find where it was coming from, then cover it with either some packing tape, a pillow, or a draft excluder.

seriously though, i'm 34....who the f*ck is going to want my sorry ass in their regiment ?

not me, since you would stop a draft with package-tape, instead of just closing the window.

That wouldn't be a draft dingus, that would be a gail force wind

Anyway, i live in Ireland, which has neutrality written into it's constitution.....top of the mornin to ya

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:54 pm

this is one of the few times i thank the gods i'm a girl...i won't be drafted...unless they decide to change said rule (which they won't any time soon)

debra79 · Post by **debra79** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:59 pm

heavycola wrote:... would you sign up?

If the US/UK decided that the situations in Afghanistan and Iraq had gotten so bad that they brought in conscription, would you go to war?

How would you get out of it without any kind of medical excuse? Conscription is involuntary, you don't have a choice.

Bertros Bertros · Post by **Bertros Bertros** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:06 pm

I'd go back to being a fisherman who are excluded from call up for duty along with farmers and serve my country my own way by putting tasty fishy treats in our tummies.

But in all serious I think this question goes a bit further than that. I recently got asked to do some contract software development work for the MOD. I haven't taken it as I'm busy at the moment but I haven't said no, and the MOD always have work so the offer is kind of open ended. Once your in and have security clearance the cash is great and the work never dries up so its a good offer. If we're talking about would you not sign up because you don't agree with the war, does working for the MOD in IT constitute signing up? Where do you draw the line at what is contributing to the war? Are we not all in some way or another doing that with or against our will anyway...

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:09 pm

Actually, even without getting a medical deferment, which isn't the most difficult thing given a friendly doctor, there are two alternatives to getting drafted:
a) If conscientiously objected to the war, get C.O. status. It's kinda hard to prove that you are (if completely honest; they basically ask if you would've signed up to fight the Nazis, that objection to the war does not constitute conscientious objection to military service, etc/
b) The easiest: Don't go. They can't make you. If it's important to you, go to jail for 5 years or so.

Norse · Post by **Norse** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:44 pm

The whole concept of not having any choice is pretty messed up.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:15 pm

My family lives overseas. I have a way out.

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:44 pm

Fircoal wrote:NO. I do not support killing.

out of curiosity (I'm not refrencing military actions just a point of interest) someone has your family held at gun point, you're free and have a gun, do you shoot him?

Anarchy Ninja · Post by **Anarchy Ninja** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:34 pm

sfhbballnut wrote:
Fircoal wrote:NO. I do not support killing.
out of curiosity (I'm not refrencing military actions just a point of interest) someone has your family held at gun point, you're free and have a gun, do you shoot him?

I would take a non-lethal approach to seccuring my family and their safety

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