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I'd hardly call conscription a duty of a citizen. It is nothing more than modern-day slavery, coupled with a nice topping of state-sanctioned gender discriminat

I'd hardly call conscription a duty of a citizen. It is nothing more than modern-day slavery, coupled with a nice topping of state-sanctioned gender discrimination (considering that most countries with this system require only men to enlist).

coldtea 11y ago
>It is nothing more than modern-day slavery Only if you believe you owe nothing to your country, and you have some god-given right to roam carefree and enjoy what others have helped build. Coming from a country with actual experience of having to live under foreign occupation, you come to see things differently. Of course if you're country is unchallenged and mostly occupies or bullies other countries itself, then that's another thing. But in actual historical real life, and for most countries who are not the US (e.g. who had suffered wars and invasions instead of creating them), you get to live in a free country only if you defend it. >with a nice topping of state-sanctioned gender discrimination (considering that most countries with this system require only men to enlist). That was actually meant with the exact opposite intention, so that women won't get involved in the mess that is war. The same way on a sinking boat it was "women and children first". Only over-exposure to PC BS would make people see that, women not getting machine gunned in some barracks for example, as "gender discrimination".... (Not to mention the second complaint contradicts the first, like in the famous joke: "― The food in this restaurant was terrible", "― Yeah, and so small portions").
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  > Only over-exposure to PC BS would make people see that, women not getting machine gunned in some barracks for example, as "gender discrimination" Discrimination in favor of women is gender discrimination.

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I'd hardly call conscription a duty of a citizen. It is nothing more than modern-day slavery, coupled with a nice topping of state-sanctioned gender discriminat

by datalist 11y ago

coldtea 11y ago
>It is nothing more than modern-day slavery Only if you believe you owe nothing to your country, and you have some god-given right to roam carefree and enjoy what others have helped build. Coming from a country with actual experience of having to live under foreign occupation, you come to see things differently. Of course if you're country is unchallenged and mostly occupies or bullies other countries itself, then that's another thing. But in actual historical real life, and for most countries who are not the US (e.g. who had suffered wars and invasions instead of creating them), you get to live in a free country only if you defend it. >with a nice topping of state-sanctioned gender discrimination (considering that most countries with this system require only men to enlist). That was actually meant with the exact opposite intention, so that women won't get involved in the mess that is war. The same way on a sinking boat it was "women and children first". Only over-exposure to PC BS would make people see that, women not getting machine gunned in some barracks for example, as "gender discrimination".... (Not to mention the second complaint contradicts the first, like in the famous joke: "― The food in this restaurant was terrible", "― Yeah, and so small portions").
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  > Only over-exposure to PC BS would make people see that, women not getting machine gunned in some barracks for example, as "gender discrimination" Discrimination in favor of women is gender discrimination.