Should AD be mandatory or a choice for requirements?

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Post #245,897

2/23/06 10:04:09 AM

Should AD be mandatory or a choice for requirements?

Matthew Greet

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.

Post #245,915

2/23/06 11:04:52 AM

Would never work as a requirement

Then we would have the "military" running the golf course, state and national parks, and other similiar jobs to create the illusion of military service to those too scared to accept real risk and responsibility.

AD should be a highlighted accomplishment for a politician.

A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

"Presidential candidates should have military experience" - (rcareaga) - (21) - Feb. 21, 2006, 10:50:00 PM EST

Starship Troopers redux? - (tjsinclair) - Feb. 21, 2006, 11:31:31 PM EST

Ah. Like both the men the current draft dodger defeated. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 22, 2006, 01:32:22 AM EST

Wondering if he felt that way 10 years ago? -NT - (bepatient) - Feb. 22, 2006, 09:08:30 AM EST

Biden shows the next-best thing - (drewk) - Feb. 22, 2006, 09:21:16 AM EST

If a man needs the army to give him discipline and focus... - (warmachine) - (16) - Feb. 22, 2006, 04:37:02 PM EST

To every rule there are exceptions - (jbrabeck) - (13) - Feb. 22, 2006, 09:58:40 AM EST

So we should go out and create a state of Perpetual Combat - (jb4) - (4) - Feb. 22, 2006, 11:28:05 AM EST

Well, we have one now... - (hnick) - (2) - Feb. 22, 2006, 11:38:01 AM EST

And we see how well that's working out, don't we? - (jb4) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2006, 11:49:00 AM EST

It's cyclic - (drewk) - Feb. 22, 2006, 12:43:19 PM EST

There's a HUGE difference - (jbrabeck) - Feb. 22, 2006, 02:12:58 PM EST

Bush demonstrates that National Guard improves nothing - (warmachine) - (7) - Feb. 22, 2006, 04:55:24 PM EST

Generalization --- '64 - '72 NG were those looking to avoid - (jbrabeck) - (6) - Feb. 22, 2006, 05:04:06 PM EST

If we require military service as a condition of candidacy.. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2006, 05:08:35 PM EST

And this elite will be responsible for - (jbrabeck) - Feb. 22, 2006, 05:17:27 PM EST

Are you saying that warfare is the only worthwhile form... - (warmachine) - (3) - Feb. 22, 2006, 05:46:58 PM EST

Where did I say that? - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Feb. 22, 2006, 09:20:27 PM EST

Should AD be mandatory or a choice for requirements? -NT - (warmachine) - (1) - Feb. 23, 2006, 10:04:09 AM EST

Would never work as a requirement - (jbrabeck) - Feb. 23, 2006, 11:04:52 AM EST

Agreed. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2006, 09:59:15 AM EST

Different issues - (drewk) - Feb. 22, 2006, 10:26:20 AM EST

This is where the night goes from "we had fun" to "mistakes were made," isn't it?
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