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Poll

If conscription was brought in, would you........

Join the army as requested and follow orders throuout32%32% - 50
Join the army but try to avoid a frontline role9%9% - 14
Only join if your country was actually being invaded21%21% - 33
Make a political statement like Ali did and take jail7%7% - 12
Go on the run and try to make it to Brazil3%3% - 6
Get angry and at being forced and join the other side2%2% - 4
Commit suicide0%0% - 1
Pay someone to impersonate you and take your position1%1% - 2
I am/was in the Army so duh!8%8% - 13
I am too old/young/disabled etc to qualify so screw you12%12% - 19
Total: 154
2006-06-20 04:49:01
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6792|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
At the time of the Vietnam War (Ssshhhhh, that didn't happen remember?), conscription was in place meaning that you didn't the army, the army made you join!  Most did, but some people like legendary boxer Mohhammed Ali refused and ended up doing time for his refusal.

Most of us, sit in the comfort of our houses "supporting our boys" but what we're really doing is saying, you go off to war and risk your life whilst I'll sit here watching your life and death job played out on TV like a drama.  So, what would you do if the wars we are fighting in now don't go away and our leaders made us join the war effort, what would you honestly do and how would you feel?

Note: I have chosen "only if we were being attacked" because I don't buy all that "pre-emtive" strike bullsh*t.  I would be willing to defend my country but not invade another on some weird idea that attacking them is defending us......

Last edited by =OBS= EstebanRey (2006-06-20 04:51:07)

2006-06-20 04:52:26
Murphy <s18>
Member
+8|6894|51st State
i would join as requested, but would feel sorry for friends/family not knowing if i would come home, but i would be happy to server my country, the only thing stoping me from joining now is the aforementioned friends/family
2006-06-20 04:54:45
ShEpArD_oF_rOt
Member
+16|6808|Illinois
I picked join the other side, guess I'm a shitty American.
2006-06-20 05:12:38
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6907|NT, like Mick Dundee

ShEpArD_oF_rOt wrote:

I picked join the other side, guess I'm a shitty American.
Lol, unpatriotic bastard...


In Australia we have laws surrounding contentious objection... If I can prove something (eg. I'm a devout Christian and thus can object on religious grounds... stuff like that... Principles count too!) then I can, depending on the Magistrate/Judges decision be either...

1) Forced to join anyway...
2) Excluded from frontline roles...
3) Left out completely...


If, after forced to join I continue to object I can...

1) Be thrown in military prison...
2) Relegated to the support roles of the military...
3) Thrown out completely....

Oh, yeah... Cowardice doesn't count as an excuse...

Last edited by Flecco (2006-06-20 05:13:34)

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
2006-06-20 05:12:55
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6797
Only if my nation was under direct or obvious attack or imminent threat of invasion. I'm with Esteban on the 'pre-emptive' cuntology.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-06-20 05:15:09)

2006-06-20 05:18:03
BVC
Member
+325|6937
If my country was under threat, yes I'd join and let the enemy know why, 5.56mm at a time!
2006-06-20 05:21:20
Bernadictus
Moderator
+1,055|6979

Well since I can't think of any idiot that wants to invade the Netherlands, I'd do nothing.
2006-06-20 05:24:42
Foxhoundmgw
Man of Moebius Morals
+71|6822|Nottingham, UK
*invades Netherlands to corner the market on clogs, daffodils, hookers and fine fine weed*

On Topic, I'm not allowed to join. Being a reageaholic for 27 years doesn't look good on any application.

Last edited by Foxhoundmgw (2006-06-20 05:25:39)

2006-06-20 05:25:26
Reaxzion
HOU A.U.B. JE MUIL!
+44|6836|Europe and goddamn proud of it

Bernadictus wrote:

Well since I can't think of any idiot that wants to invade the Netherlands, I'd do nothing.
I totally agree with that...
2006-06-20 06:09:00
JahManRed
wank
+646|6870|IRELAND

I am technically a UK citizen although I have duel nationality in the Republic and have 2 passports. I don't think I would fight for England/UK, but again I might depending on the situation , but I would fight if Ireland was threatened.
2006-06-20 08:39:52
Ikarti
Banned - for ever.
+231|6951|Wilmington, DE, US
I'd teamkill
2006-06-20 08:42:37
Erkut.hv
Member
+124|6977|California

Ikarti wrote:

I'd teamkill
I think you're a scumbag, but at least you're consistant.
2006-06-20 08:43:33
PuckMercury
6 x 9 = 42
+298|6769|Portland, OR USA
I had to go with the last option.  Tried to join the airforce.  Took many an aptitude test that said I was best suited for a fighter pilot or astronaut.  Yeah, well #$%& those guys ... bad heart, bad feet, bad eyes, bad lungs.  Not that i'm in an iron lung or anything ... just enough to piss you off really.
2006-06-20 08:44:17
Ikarti
Banned - for ever.
+231|6951|Wilmington, DE, US

Erkut.hv wrote:

Ikarti wrote:

I'd teamkill
I think you're a scumbag, but at least you're consistant.
I pride myself on being consistant.
2006-06-20 08:46:03
jord
Member
+2,382|6920|The North, beyond the wall.
I intend on joining the army anyway so yeah when i'm old enough.
Or if i do well in my GCSE's the the RAF.
2006-06-20 10:35:21
whittsend
PV1 Joe Snuffy
+78|7000|MA, USA
Conscription is the ultimate wrong of government: it is an unabashed debasement of individual rights, and the ultimate assertion that individuals have no rights that the government can't take away.  I would strenuously oppose conscription any way that I could, and I wouldn't have to worry about jail while doing it:  I volunteered,  and therefore can't be conscripted.

Last edited by whittsend (2006-06-20 10:39:38)

2006-06-20 10:37:35
GunSlinger OIF II
Banned.
+1,860|6885
i still have 2 more years in my IRR
2006-06-20 10:42:57
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6958
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2006-06-20 10:51:29
B.Schuss
I'm back, baby... ( sort of )
+664|7083|Cologne, Germany

whittsend wrote:

Conscription is the ultimate wrong of government: it is an unabashed debasement of individual rights, and the ultimate assertion that individuals have no rights that the government can't take away.  I would strenuously oppose conscription any way that I could, and I wouldn't have to worry about jail while doing it:  I volunteered,  and therefore can't be conscripted.
I am with whittsend on this. Conscription was born during times when the nation itself was under attack and the concept proved flawed ( at least to me ) during the vietnam war when people were forced to fight a war they didn't support thousands of miles from home.

Professional armies need to be made up from volunteers.
2006-06-20 11:12:44
herrr_smity
Member
+156|6869|space command ur anus
Join the army as requested and follow orders throuout
Sir yes Sir
2006-06-20 11:20:43
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7013|PNW

I'm sure that if "conscription was brought in," many people would quickly volunteer for "softer servies," like air or navy.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-06-20 11:21:04)

2006-06-20 12:39:16
rh27
Not really a Brit
+51|6838|England
I'm medically unfit for duty over here, so I won't be joining on any conscription.
If they re-made a homeguard or something I'd probably end up having to join that.
2006-06-20 12:40:20
comet241
Member
+164|7007|Normal, IL
personally, i'd join up if they called for a draft, but not for one of the "softer services".... definately the marines.... however, changing gears a little, I think that it is a sort of unwritten, unsigned contract that you enter into whenever you are born into a country, especially the United States (im not well-versed enough to debate on other countries, but I'm sure many are like the US), in that while you may control the government (through elections and popular votes), the government controls you.

Basically, its like you need the government to do all these things for you (build roads, schools, general infrastructure.... blah blah blah), and the government needs you to pay the money for all of it. Neither can survive without the other. However, if you fail to do your part, the government can put you in jail, vice-versa, if the government fails to do its job, they can be voted out next election and smeared in history books forever. This is where im headed: the government needs you in the armed forces for something, pre-emptive strike or homeland defense, doesn't matter, that wasn't part of the original question. It is your duty, your end of the bargain, to join up as requested (or get drafted, conscripted, whatever have you), for whatever reason that may be. If you dont, you go to jail. Now, if you dont agree with the reason that you are being drafted, that's when the next election rolls around you vote those people out...... yeah, ive thought about "what if you die in combat before the next election"..... i have two things to say to that. first, hindsight is 20/20, should have known where they were headed, but maybe you couldn't have. also, that's when you object, take the jail sentence, and hope you still have the right to vote next time an election rolls around.

good question, but I say join up, because it is your duty, your end of the agreement with your government that you do so for the "good" of the country. if you object and want to stay out, that's your call, but it is technically breaking the law, so you will have to face the consequences, whatever they may be
2006-06-20 12:42:56
=JoD=Corithus
Member
+30|6800
It'll never happen, baring some sort of alien invasion that is, in which case, SIGN ME UP!
2006-06-20 12:49:46
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6891

comet241 wrote:

personally, i'd join up if they called for a draft, but not for one of the "softer services".... definately the marines.... however, changing gears a little, I think that it is a sort of unwritten, unsigned contract that you enter into whenever you are born into a country, especially the United States (im not well-versed enough to debate on other countries, but I'm sure many are like the US), in that while you may control the government (through elections and popular votes), the government controls you.

Basically, its like you need the government to do all these things for you (build roads, schools, general infrastructure.... blah blah blah), and the government needs you to pay the money for all of it. Neither can survive without the other. However, if you fail to do your part, the government can put you in jail, vice-versa, if the government fails to do its job, they can be voted out next election and smeared in history books forever. This is where im headed: the government needs you in the armed forces for something, pre-emptive strike or homeland defense, doesn't matter, that wasn't part of the original question. It is your duty, your end of the bargain, to join up as requested (or get drafted, conscripted, whatever have you), for whatever reason that may be. If you dont, you go to jail. Now, if you dont agree with the reason that you are being drafted, that's when the next election rolls around you vote those people out...... yeah, ive thought about "what if you die in combat before the next election"..... i have two things to say to that. first, hindsight is 20/20, should have known where they were headed, but maybe you couldn't have. also, that's when you object, take the jail sentence, and hope you still have the right to vote next time an election rolls around.

good question, but I say join up, because it is your duty, your end of the agreement with your government that you do so for the "good" of the country. if you object and want to stay out, that's your call, but it is technically breaking the law, so you will have to face the consequences, whatever they may be
That's a really shit idea. What if you didn't know they were going to start a war when you voted for them? I'm sure most Americans who voted for Bush in '99/'00 whenever it was, didn't know he was going to invade Afghanistan or Iraq. And what about if you voted for the opposition, but lost? You'd still be forced to fight? Sounds wonderful...

 

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