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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:42 PM Original message |
"National service" is about beating up on youth, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry to say this |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What about forcing resented people into labor at gunpoint |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. what exactly is done at gunpoint? nt. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Everything mandatory |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Wow so you went to school at gun point? (EOM) |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No, my parents sent me at gunpoint. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I see |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not with you, certainly |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep right |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. Hardly |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
100. On the contrary, most norms are voluntary |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
142. what about people on welfare having to look for work |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I hasve no idea what gunpoint he is talking about |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's how resistance is met--at gunpoint. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Many of them had ot make a choice |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Deleted message |
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You seem to think it is sadistic |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I never learned of WPA as forced labor |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
141. I gave yuo the answer in a sub thread |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Don't try to voice your viewpoint |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. If you think you have a leg to stand on, |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. You have seen and read them in many |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Bull-shit. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. As was stated earlier |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I do want discourse, |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Bush's Regime Came About As A Result of ELECTORAL FRAUD |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. I am not discounting that voter fraud occurred... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. But It Would Tend to Inspire the Citizenry to Turn Out Said Government |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. As is abundantly evidenced here in this |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
116. the electorate |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:10 AM Response to Reply #116 |
148. Proving the apparently deletable point about sadism, |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #116 |
160. You mean like this? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
135. The young people were supposed to be swept up in Liebermania and vote for Gore! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
68. Yep. It's the sound of a closed mind. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
105. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
117. Deleted message |
Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:47 AM Response to Reply #68 |
154. So you like to scuba dive in the South Pacific |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #154 |
185. so, you Like to post on message boards? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Since when do kids in this country get education and opportunity? Aren't those rights anyhow? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Don't use reason |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Cheap labor! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
91. Sure. And "kids" have 'right' to be fed - and choose the menu. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Certainly not while the government is controling their movents rather than treating them as adults |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. So, let's remove all the stop signs and speed limit signs and traffic lights. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. Deleted sub-thread |
LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
103. I think you are missing my point. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
183. So, what did you do to repay the favor of a free education and opportunity? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, and some of us old geezers recognize just that |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you! |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. National Service is such a crock |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. But what better use for 150 billion a year |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
121. Can you believe this shit? What was all of our hard work |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. They're selling it to idealists whose history books didn't teach |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. I'm so sick of these people |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Forced National Service isn't viable in anyway. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Exactly, it's just universal prison |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. What is your view of a citizens obligation? Any? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Voluntary service is fine |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
119. Well I understand your position a little better. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. There are ways to prove it beyond military service |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Never said anything about volunteering |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. So did many WPA workers, they objected to it |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Please document |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. They were, in some sections of the country |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. One link doesn't work and the other |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
143. Wel,l you can go look for them links youserfl |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
124. Because it's a FREE friggin' country...... |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
120. I don't know. Read the OPs reply. I agree with you as I have |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
123. Prove loyalty? To what? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's about earning the right to be a citizen...or as one poster said |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Good, clear-headed explanation |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Now, let's really muddy the waters... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
87. Ah, but your "mud" makes it clearer |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Thanks. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. yeah, those documents... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Sure seems that way, doesn't it? |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. wow |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Involuntary is the problem |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Cost ?? in what terms? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. If you're talking about employing 7.5 million 18-19 year olds, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. and Iraq is costing us?? how much?? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I vote for neither |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Did you just graduate from TPU? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 03:38 AM Response to Reply #61 |
147. We are barely alive |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 06:22 AM Response to Reply #147 |
156. You do realize |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #156 |
177. I know hat the governemtn was doing |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. The MOST important argument for service |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
93. Exactly. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #93 |
132. And then are those that think they know what is best for everyone |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Mote. Log. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
82. is it cost efficient to educate us all? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. Absolutely, or rather |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #96 |
133. well, there you go, let's stop and save some money! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
168. We force children to go to school. Give that up, too? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. "Cradle to grave" social services... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. if the vets were "us" maybe we'd do better by them |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I'd like to see "us" prove it to the "we" who are vets now before |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. We pay society back for public education when we start paying taxes |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
167. My 'community' won't let me get married |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. We are not the Libertarian States of America |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Great retort ! n/t |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Thanks for the view from suburbia |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. I'm 19, in college, certainly ready to learn... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Super-rich will ALWAYS wiggle out of anything they don't want to do |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
146. So Cal the average debt today for a college graduate |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
78. What You Are Proposing Would Be Quite Popular AS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
125. Or our colleges MIGHT be empty because a whole generation |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
137. There is more Constitutional justification to draft for military service than non-military service. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. the problem with national service |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. This is a big part of my concern |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. National service is a communist principle |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
126. thank you..... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. poor widdle kids... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. You'd spend hundreds of billions of dollars |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. . |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
107. I can use smilies too! |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think the discussion about some form of national service is a good one to have. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. No objections there, |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. I see your point. Though "sadism" is a little OTT, imo, "folly" is |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
98. Sadism? Give me break with the rhetoric man! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. If you want everyone to line up and follow orders |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #102 |
118. So you are the rebellious youth & I am wasting my time? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:20 AM Response to Reply #118 |
150. Oh wow, that hurt, you really nailed me. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #150 |
158. You covered me. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. There are other options that are less heavy-handed. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Yep. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yeah Sweden |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. They don't have our 'leaders' or the leaders' needs to find warm bodies |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. See #46...their citizens receive something for their mandatory |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
127. How many Vietnams have they had? n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. Back when Karl XII invaded Russia and was beaten by Peter the Great at Poltava... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
162. Doesn't mean it's going to work here. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. Not in favor of a draft, but national volunteering service, |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Yep/nt |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Plenty of volunteering going on |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
145. Yep |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #77 |
163. I agree, but it should not just be limited to young adults |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. !!!!!!!!!! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. This is the whole point |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. BULLSHIT n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
99. parents do not "own" their "children"..and once one is 18 |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. You can't have it both ways |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. So, you prefer an |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. And you prefer |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. I agree... work against this corrupt goverment |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. Thanks again for your opinions. Out of curiosity, what's the 1% you support? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #113 |
149. EPA, NOAA, OSHA, Census Bureau, NIH, |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. lemme see |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
89. Oh christ.. again with this shit? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. As long as people keep talking about it, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
110. Yes. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
112. i agree, it's also about keeping them out of the job market |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
114. close, its about beating up the poor |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 06:23 AM Response to Reply #114 |
157. Increasingly, "young" and "poor" are synonymous |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
115. Well no sympathy here. It's just the luck of the draw that you are young at this time. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
122. There are enough of us old hippies |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #122 |
155. You are a true |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
128. I don't see it that way - I have mixed feelings on this. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
131. Oh, take a chill pill, Jed! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:28 AM Response to Reply #131 |
151. Maybe in a country that's not totally dysfunctional |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
134. Fucking whippersnappers! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
139. Deleted message |
Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:29 AM Response to Reply #139 |
152. Which must be why you responded! |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
140. I am against mandatory national service of any type |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 05:29 AM Response to Reply #140 |
153. Thanks, |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #140 |
187. Nicely said n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
144. Been bothered by this me first attitude all day |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #144 |
161. Yep, this post gets the gold star. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #161 |
178. I quicjkly realized it was mandatory for him |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #144 |
171. You had a choice of colleges |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #171 |
180. If you did not do it you did not get your degree |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #180 |
184. The point is that you cannot force an actual |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
159. Please check your history..... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
164. Lucky you. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
165. I think a draft would stop future wars! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
166. What a simply worthless statement. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #166 |
169. Community service already is a punishment |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. I regard it as 'corrections' or 'rehabilitation'. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. The sentence is given in response to a crime |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. The response to a crime is (and should be) more than mere 'punishment' |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. As is your right |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. Let me remind you of one major difference between voluntary service and the draft. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Then we should fix that policy.... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
170. I think national service is a good idea -- as long as it's voluntary . . . |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #170 |
173. For those who have a "social conscience" and do volunteer work, |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. People have a right to be antisocial |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-26-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
186. Thank you. Your response is the best argument for national service I've seen. |
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