fifty5
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Just to stir it up again - as "devil's advocate" ...
(And to resurrect my first post...)
In times of war like WW2 (and maybe WW1) - note that conscription was in operation - fighting for liberty was entirely warranted. In times of 'peace', is enlisting (see below for an exception) - "Join the Forces; See the world; Kill people!" - laudable or not?
Personally, I see an important exception in those who are disadvantaged in 'normal' employment terms. I've worked at a school where employment prospects were mostly a choice between the dole or crime. For many of the pupils there, a career with the armed forces was a way out of that dichotomy. My point above relates only to those who have other viable options open to them: do something worthwhile, or sign up to kill people (be a "Willing Draftee").
That's deliberately phrased in controversial form to provoke debate.
Takers?
(And to resurrect my first post...)
In times of war like WW2 (and maybe WW1) - note that conscription was in operation - fighting for liberty was entirely warranted. In times of 'peace', is enlisting (see below for an exception) - "Join the Forces; See the world; Kill people!" - laudable or not?
Personally, I see an important exception in those who are disadvantaged in 'normal' employment terms. I've worked at a school where employment prospects were mostly a choice between the dole or crime. For many of the pupils there, a career with the armed forces was a way out of that dichotomy. My point above relates only to those who have other viable options open to them: do something worthwhile, or sign up to kill people (be a "Willing Draftee").
That's deliberately phrased in controversial form to provoke debate.
Takers?
