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To: SilentZ who wrote (429529)10/23/2008 2:40:55 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572598
 
Z, > Potentially sacrificing your kid's life is VERY different from paying taxes.

The kid CHOSE to become a soldier. The parents did not sacrifice their kid.

Suggesting a draft, even for symbolism, means YOU want to sacrifice other people's kids for YOUR ideology.

Do you get it now, or are you still hung up on the difference between taxes and lives?

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - If you still don't get the concept of an all-volunteer military, read Gordon Dillow from The OC Register (featured on MSNBC):

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