If YOU Were Running For President...

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by MChat

Perhaps "losing" freedom for 2 years is a good thing. As the saying goes: you don't appreciate what you have until you've lost it.

I agree I think it is a good thing. I learned a lot about being a man in the service. I learned a lot about taking care of business, and I learned a lot about what it means to sacrifice. Where a punk entered, a man came out.

BUT, mandatory service is against what I stand for, and what I served for. Mandatory Service will take your right to protest away. While serving, you cannot protest against any government entity. It takes away your right to choose to serve. No one should have to give up their rights PERIOD. I did not serve so the government could mandate that all kids are forced into some kind of service. While I personally believe that everyone would benefit from service, forcing people to do so will put us only 1 step away from communism (USSR, N Korea, China) mandatory service, many terrorist nations are the same way. I just believe that forcing it takes something from this country that makes it great. We have been going down that road and it needs to stop.