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**vipdumpp** · 11-15-2006, 08:49 AM

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

Way to avoid the question. I didn't avoid any question.

The difference is giving some emphasis to the idea of service as opposed to eveyone simply being entitled while never lifting a finger.

Most people work for a living, pay their taxes, obey the law and live useful lives. I hardly call that "never lifting a finger". Then why the objection to service?

Why not?

It's peace time. You sign up. You do what you are good at and will put your heart into.

So basically it's the same as any other young person's job except you do what the government tells you instead of going out yourself and finding something you want to do? Yes, but you may be directed to areas that most young people would never consider, like building infrastructure in remote areas or helping people in far away lands get the basics of what our ancestors would have called minimal services.

As you point out, other countries do it. Surely it must be economical.

Soviet Russia had collectivized farms. Surely it must have been economical. I find comparisons between the econonmics of the Soviet Union and modern western European countries pretty interesting. Do you want to continue down this path?

You are limiting it. Just because you are limiting it by virtue of a choice to be made instead of by birth or by wealth doesn't mean it's not a limitation. And?

11-15-2006, 08:49 AM	#31
vipdumpp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	Originally posted by KrazyHorse Way to avoid the question. I didn't avoid any question. The difference is giving some emphasis to the idea of service as opposed to eveyone simply being entitled while never lifting a finger. Most people work for a living, pay their taxes, obey the law and live useful lives. I hardly call that "never lifting a finger". Then why the objection to service? Why not? It's peace time. You sign up. You do what you are good at and will put your heart into. So basically it's the same as any other young person's job except you do what the government tells you instead of going out yourself and finding something you want to do? Yes, but you may be directed to areas that most young people would never consider, like building infrastructure in remote areas or helping people in far away lands get the basics of what our ancestors would have called minimal services. As you point out, other countries do it. Surely it must be economical. Soviet Russia had collectivized farms. Surely it must have been economical. I find comparisons between the econonmics of the Soviet Union and modern western European countries pretty interesting. Do you want to continue down this path? You are limiting it. Just because you are limiting it by virtue of a choice to be made instead of by birth or by wealth doesn't mean it's not a limitation. And?
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