[extropy-chat] Subscribing to Conscription (WAS Gandhi's antipode)

[Trend Ologist]

Gee, I like you, you're as cynical as I am. We need to counteract the Rebeccas of Sunny Brook Farm.


Addressing the topic, it's difficult to believe any responsible official, or
even Charlie Rangel, would be able to articulate just what a draft of
conscripts was supposed to *do* after completing Basic. Homeland Security
might find a use for a few hundred thousand mouthbreathers, but DOD has made
it crystal clear that they have learned the Lesson of '75, that unleashing a
horde of Kerry dunces is not the way to go. Even a Democrat SecDef would
treat the idea of a draft with contempt and would be far more likely to
respond to a major provocation by proposing a short disciplinary exercise,
followed by a diplomatic solution: the resurrection of the Ottoman empire,
minus the Caliphate. I'm sure that Libya and Nigeria would be more than
willing to contribute peacekeepers to help Turkey establish Islam With a Human
Face in whatever's left of Tehran and Damascus. 

stencil sends


_______________________________________________
extropy-chat mailing list
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo/extropy-chat


		
---------------------------------
 ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20041007/5af0094f/attachment.html>