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    DD> I could go along with compulsory national service for all who wish to   
    DD> enjoy the benefits of citizenship. But, IMO, it need not be military   
    DD> service. But, the gummint should get to decide where the newly does the   
    DD> service. If it's a a mud-foot grunt humping a rifle and pack through   
    DD> some desert or jungle or if it's counting penguins in Antarctica it   
    DD> should count the same.   Bv)=   
      
    BB> That was my plan too.   CCC or peace corp would work for me, but you've   
    BB> read the objections. :)   
      
    DD> Read and dismissed them as extremely ostrich-like. Some folks are not   
    DD> fit/capable of military service - which is the big stick that the   
    DD> objectors have shoved. ram-rod like, up their backsides. But, everyone   
    DD> can do *something* for the good of the country ... and thus be invested   
    DD> in its success.   
      
   But does it have to be under the umbrella of the military?   That is you must   
   go into the military, and THEY decide what you do, that is they say the   
   handicapped go count penguins.   
      
   Not in favor of that one - however I feel you should do something, and the best   
   director may not be the military.  Fine point, but a very important one to me.    
   (Being ex-Navy during the K war, I've seen the military in action - still have   
   bad dreams when I recall the way decisions were made.)  :)   
      
   Then ya have to decide about the gals - and that's the real killer IMO.     
      
      
      
      
         
       
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