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To: Katelew who wrote (214361)	1/24/2007 12:00:22 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 281500

"Are you PERSONALLY willing to don a uniform and fly to Iraq?" No. "Would you encourage YOUR CHILDREN to go door to door in Bagdad?" No. Next test please.

To: Katelew who wrote (214361)	1/24/2007 12:07:41 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Those questions are ridiculous. Few parents want to put their kids in danger and not all of us are prepared for combat ourselves. I suspect gem is way too old. Sorry Gem. That doesnt mean policies should be based on the fact most folks dont want to go or have their kids go. We have a first rate volunteer army that we all support. Conscription wont work in nation building situations ala vietnam.

To: Katelew who wrote (214361)	1/24/2007 12:28:59 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

re abortions RU 486 type drugs and sonograms have changed the equation and narrowed the timeframe in which most people who have ever seen a sonogram can accept abortion as legit. What i would add to that is that all those right to lifers should be compelled to take in the children that come from unwanted pregnancies or the govt should do it at taxpayers expense because the one thing we cant allow is the creation of even more sociopaths than we now have, which are the result in the anti-abortion case of unloved and unwanted children on the streets.