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Ellie_Jean:
Y'all heard about the new possible legislation involving women having to sign up for the draft, right? I'll just assume you have because I can't post the link yet lol. Moving right along:

On the one hand, I agree that requiring women to register for "selective service," (what a stupid name lol), would be a win for gender equality, not to mention it would ensure that I would not be outed as trans should I be drafted in the future, because like most biological boys, I was forced to celebrate my 18th birthday by signing my life over to the government lol. 😜

On the OTHER hand, I disagree with the ENTIRE IDEA of having a draft in the first place lol. My government shouldn't be allowed to order me to wage a war, then call me a felon if I refuse and put me in jail. That's like...the OPPOSITE of freedom, in my opinion. Personally I think they oughta just get rid of "selective service" altogether and trust their citizens to decide for themselves what's actually worth fighting for. It's called independence. America used to be super into it lol. 😅

Rakel:
The United States has not had a draft since the early 1970's. That is almost 50 years ago.

In fact, I was subject to the draft in 1967. I served in the Army in the late 1960's and since that time, the US military has learned to do the same tasks with a lot fewer people, thanks to today's technology.

Additionally, many people today are not elegible to serve in the US military because of past legal problems or psychological issues.

I would not be concerned about being forced to serve in the military any time soon.  :P

Lady Sarah:
I know I hated having to sign up for selective service. Being as there is practically no chance of a draft being invoked, it's probably not going to be a big deal for anyone there days. Now, if they were to start drafting folk, and females were required to sign up, I certainly could see a big baby boom arising out of it. Sure, some women will want to fight for their country, but others would rather make babies.

Ellie_Jean:

--- Quote from: Rakel on November 21, 2021, 08:53:23 pm ---The United States has not had a draft since the early 1970's. That is almost 50 years ago.

In fact, I was subject to the draft in 1967. I served in the Army in the late 1960's and since that time, the US military has learned to do the same tasks with a lot fewer people, thanks to today's technology.

Additionally, many people today are not elegible to serve in the US military because of past legal problems or psychological issues.

I would not be concerned about being forced to serve in the military any time soon.  :P

--- End quote ---

Right? Why do we even still HAVE "selective service"?!

Oh, and I'm not too worried about being drafted at all: I'm a juvenile autistic with complex posttraumatic stress disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, social anxiety disorder, dissociative identity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and probably late-onset schizophrenia lol. ...I am #UNDRAFTABLE. 🤣


--- Quote from: Lady Sarah on November 21, 2021, 09:06:33 pm ---I know I hated having to sign up for selective service. Being as there is practically no chance of a draft being invoked, it's probably not going to be a big deal for anyone there days. Now, if they were to start drafting folk, and females were required to sign up, I certainly could see a big baby boom arising out of it. Sure, some women will want to fight for their country, but others would rather make babies.

--- End quote ---

Right? The whole idea of drafting people into wars is totally unconstitutional in my opinion. Smh. 😞

Misato:
Women should have to sign up for the draft. Not that I think the USA is capable of pulling off a draft today given our deep divisions. We can’t even self-sacrifice to wear masks in a pandemic. But anyway the draft exists, and it’s not right to exclude women when women can do the jobs.

So far the courts have held the Selective Service is constitutional based on Article 1 section 8. The assertion that disliked things are unconstitutional isn’t helpful to discourse. It’ll stick around because elections are won on fear, and any effort to abolish the selective service would be a great tool to whip up paranoia that those behind the effort are, “making us less safe”™.

Other than that, we can also still try singing a bar of Alice’s Restaurant if we find ourselves being injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected, and selected someday.

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