Comments on: Women in the Draft http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jesse http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-68811 Jesse Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:56:39 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-68811 YES women should be in the draft. The draft was manitory for ALL males BUT that doesnt mean ALL males had to serve. it was on a system. i keep seeing people comment like who will raise the kids? well if a single woman was on the draft list whats her reasoning then??? and as far as everyone should experience childbirth i think is absurd. women talk about the miracle of life and how its the greating gift yet only want others to feel the pain of it and you wouldnt get to experience the miracle of birth if it wasnt for a MEN! so get off your high horse and accept the fact that equality is not as fun as the feminist have promised you. and wage gap between men and women was miguided. a lot of the facts werent taken into account. like Men more then women generally try to go for those corporate jobs. do more dangerous jobs. work overtime, YES women should be in the draft. The draft was manitory for ALL males BUT that doesnt mean ALL males had to serve. it was on a system. i keep seeing people comment like who will raise the kids? well if a single woman was on the draft list whats her reasoning then??? and as far as everyone should experience childbirth i think is absurd. women talk about the miracle of life and how its the greating gift yet only want others to feel the pain of it and you wouldnt get to experience the miracle of birth if it wasnt for a MEN! so get off your high horse and accept the fact that equality is not as fun as the feminist have promised you. and wage gap between men and women was miguided. a lot of the facts werent taken into account. like Men more then women generally try to go for those corporate jobs. do more dangerous jobs. work overtime,

]]> By: ethan http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-68439 ethan Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:21:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-68439 Someone up above said that all we need is someone who can pull the trigger, and that women could do that. I just want to say that it is statistically proven that women take longer to pull the trigger than men do. Someone up above said that all we need is someone who can pull the trigger, and that women could do that. I just want to say that it is statistically proven that women take longer to pull the trigger than men do.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66876 openeyes Tue, 10 May 2011 23:15:13 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66876 Lisa, you sad, pathetic, feeble female (I am a woman telling you this) But more seriously, you sound profoundly selfish, inhumane, judgmental, uneducated. There are at least 3 million (reported) cases on full time Dad's in America today...Dad's with MBA's, Ph.d's, that were making as much if not more than their wives out working while THEY take care of the kids. For whatever reason, (one I know of had cancer scare and life is short...wants to be with his sons while they are young), Most realize that life is short and money not most critical thing. But also, we are talking women ages 18-25 registering for SS here....Most women that young don't have kids yet. They ARE still kids, as are the young men that age. Neither men or women should register for selective service, and whether or like or or not, if we ever reinstated the draft, women would be drafted. That is fact, thank God, as there is no compelling reason to discriminate against boys/men so much. We discriminate against boys/men in the USA far more than we do women, people don't realize it. Women now make more overall than men, due to fear of "discrimination", more men are getting laid off due to economic downturn (number one reason for that downturn is spending on our stupid useless wars). The only reason we continue down this road is greed and the increasingly false notion the USA is a "super power". Men are not superman in that super power ego. Testosterone is not a can of spinach making boys/men instantly like Popeye, able to leap tall buildings and punch through walls. Not to mention fact it takes barely any physical power to fight modern wars with all the robotics warfare out there (wasted taxpayer money that could have gone into our schools instead) You can still prove your CO status like men need to in that case My husband is the bravest man I've ever met....back in 1973 when he was drafted or asked to register for SS, he had the guts to write in CO status, that killing people is against his moral, ethical and religious beliefs. That was far braver than someone crumbling under false pretense of being "Patriotic", and allowing himself to be discriminated against. Thank God, my little boy would never be here today if he were not so brave as to SAVE LIVES rather than fall for false notion that war "protects our nation" in any way. Get a grip....you need to get with the times. Its 2011, not 1940. Lisa, you sad, pathetic, feeble female (I am a woman telling you this) But more seriously, you sound profoundly selfish, inhumane, judgmental, uneducated. There are at least 3 million (reported) cases on full time Dad's in America today...Dad's with MBA's, Ph.d's, that were making as much if not more than their wives out working while THEY take care of the kids. For whatever reason, (one I know of had cancer scare and life is short...wants to be with his sons while they are young), Most realize that life is short and money not most critical thing. But also, we are talking women ages 18-25 registering for SS here....Most women that young don't have kids yet. They ARE still kids, as are the young men that age. Neither men or women should register for selective service, and whether or like or or not, if we ever reinstated the draft, women would be drafted. That is fact, thank God, as there is no compelling reason to discriminate against boys/men so much. We discriminate against boys/men in the USA far more than we do women, people don't realize it. Women now make more overall than men, due to fear of "discrimination", more men are getting laid off due to economic downturn (number one reason for that downturn is spending on our stupid useless wars). The only reason we continue down this road is greed and the increasingly false notion the USA is a "super power". Men are not superman in that super power ego. Testosterone is not a can of spinach making boys/men instantly like Popeye, able to leap tall buildings and punch through walls. Not to mention fact it takes barely any physical power to fight modern wars with all the robotics warfare out there (wasted taxpayer money that could have gone into our schools instead) You can still prove your CO status like men need to in that case My husband is the bravest man I've ever met....back in 1973 when he was drafted or asked to register for SS, he had the guts to write in CO status, that killing people is against his moral, ethical and religious beliefs. That was far braver than someone crumbling under false pretense of being "Patriotic", and allowing himself to be discriminated against. Thank God, my little boy would never be here today if he were not so brave as to SAVE LIVES rather than fall for false notion that war "protects our nation" in any way. Get a grip....you need to get with the times. Its 2011, not 1940.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66549 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:55:50 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66549 Katherine....and others. Don't know if anyone still reading this blog. I came across it in writing an article. While your statement about any draft needing to be equal (men and women drafted) is a step in the right direction in terms of equality....and I agree that NOBODY should be sent out to fight MEN any more than WOMEN....here's where your statement gets a tad bit biased. YOu say you "don't want there to be a draft for war, so you won't go out of your way to add people to the list of draftees". That is horrible! So you think men should conitnue to be discriminated against because of....hmmmmm.....why? If we want to end our useless wars, one good way would to have a serious wake up call to the American people. People will not see the absurdity of it all unless ALL American people feel the pressure...it makes no sense to keep the gender discrimination in on top of the opprression of Americas violent warlike ways to begin with. It just keeps that layer of inequality in. Women will never (and should never) be paid equal to the dollar, nor have same rights in voting (may as well roll that one back) if they can vote without "registering for selective service" while men need to register for that bullshit just to vote! did you even KNOW that unconstitutional, unfair law in place? Let's have same "laws"....women must register for SS or fined $250K if caught, must prove their CO status, may be put into prison if not registered. Men do NOT deserve this treatment any more than women. Are you still under false notion that guns, army tanks are boys toys not girls toys, or that boys/men like violence more?Boys are TUGHT this from society pressures.....its NOT inherent. Get with it! No wonder so many young men in the 80's (and still) comitt suicide, inject themselves with steroids, feel so depressed. We still have sexist, biased people out there making them feel they need to be a "man". What is testosterone, a metaphor for manhood? Katherine....and others. Don't know if anyone still reading this blog. I came across it in writing an article. While your statement about any draft needing to be equal (men and women drafted) is a step in the right direction in terms of equality....and I agree that NOBODY should be sent out to fight MEN any more than WOMEN....here's where your statement gets a tad bit biased. YOu say you "don't want there to be a draft for war, so you won't go out of your way to add people to the list of draftees". That is horrible! So you think men should conitnue to be discriminated against because of....hmmmmm.....why? If we want to end our useless wars, one good way would to have a serious wake up call to the American people. People will not see the absurdity of it all unless ALL American people feel the pressure...it makes no sense to keep the gender discrimination in on top of the opprression of Americas violent warlike ways to begin with. It just keeps that layer of inequality in. Women will never (and should never) be paid equal to the dollar, nor have same rights in voting (may as well roll that one back) if they can vote without "registering for selective service" while men need to register for that bullshit just to vote! did you even KNOW that unconstitutional, unfair law in place? Let's have same "laws"....women must register for SS or fined $250K if caught, must prove their CO status, may be put into prison if not registered. Men do NOT deserve this treatment any more than women. Are you still under false notion that guns, army tanks are boys toys not girls toys, or that boys/men like violence more?Boys are TUGHT this from society pressures.....its NOT inherent. Get with it! No wonder so many young men in the 80's (and still) comitt suicide, inject themselves with steroids, feel so depressed. We still have sexist, biased people out there making them feel they need to be a "man". What is testosterone, a metaphor for manhood?

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66548 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:35:03 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66548 "Jenny"....you've got to get a grip on reality. first of all, do you really think the Bible is the world of the Lord? I was brought up with the "Catholic" faith (still go to Catholic church) went to church every w/e during my upbrining...pray every night, have done a Bible study. But all this makes me no more "religious" than the next person. In fact I've come to realize much of the Catholic faith is wrong, corrupt, sinful in many ways. (molestation of little boys....about the most heinous crime, far worse even than raping a women!) But anyhow, the Bible was re-written through course of 1500 years by sinful man. LIkely the only words of the Lord were those within some on new testament (none of old) and the 10 commandments. Within those are "thou shalt not kill". I don't believe that Jesus was a man of war or that anything do to with war is not looked at through the eyes of God as a huge sin. And if you want to live in a world where as a woman you are so feeble you must remain in the kitchen, or continue to believe that if something to that tune was "written in the Bible, so must be right"....you are living in a very unreal world. certainly not the modern one. I agree with Erik, and all the others that tell you to get real!! YOU do NOT deserve to be "Protected" any more than boys/men...Nor does any girl or woman in the world. Every human deserves to be safe, "protected" from violence. Where is your humanity? Hate to say...but you sound like a judgemental sexist bitch. AMEN. "Jenny"....you've got to get a grip on reality. first of all, do you really think the Bible is the world of the Lord? I was brought up with the "Catholic" faith (still go to Catholic church) went to church every w/e during my upbrining...pray every night, have done a Bible study. But all this makes me no more "religious" than the next person. In fact I've come to realize much of the Catholic faith is wrong, corrupt, sinful in many ways. (molestation of little boys....about the most heinous crime, far worse even than raping a women!) But anyhow, the Bible was re-written through course of 1500 years by sinful man. LIkely the only words of the Lord were those within some on new testament (none of old) and the 10 commandments. Within those are "thou shalt not kill". I don't believe that Jesus was a man of war or that anything do to with war is not looked at through the eyes of God as a huge sin. And if you want to live in a world where as a woman you are so feeble you must remain in the kitchen, or continue to believe that if something to that tune was "written in the Bible, so must be right"....you are living in a very unreal world. certainly not the modern one. I agree with Erik, and all the others that tell you to get real!! YOU do NOT deserve to be "Protected" any more than boys/men...Nor does any girl or woman in the world. Every human deserves to be safe, "protected" from violence. Where is your humanity? Hate to say...but you sound like a judgemental sexist bitch. AMEN.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66545 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:01:33 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66545 Michelle, thank you for not taking the feeble, useless female role. so many girls/women out there seem to think they are physically and mentally handicapped by their gender....then why should we let them out of their closets locked up safely from society? But one thing.....as a nation we need to let go of any pretense that somehow we are "fighting for our country" at war. Google "US Foreign Policy...Another "Inconvenient Truth" and read the article I wrote (I am a writer for magazine currently) It's based on much research and either myelf or people I've interviewed that have traveled around the world. It's an eye opener to what we have been collectviely conditioned as AMericans to bleive, right down to our History books which are reflections of the truth, mostly lies. Our basic freedoms, liberty, justice, etc are ideals that we throught we were (are) "fighting for" but these very ideals are being diminished in the U.S. BECAUSE of our wars. Patirotism means love of country, it has NOTHING to do with standing up for our wars. And men are no more the proper "warriors" in all this politically inspired corruption than women, serving nothing but the $$ put into the perpetrators pockets, taking out of the American peoples taxes. Taken out of our education, healthcare, environmental justice, social services......Let's stop believing in all this violence. 9/11 was horrible, but it happend BECUSE the U.S. sjipped missiles to hostile nation (for profits) who turned around and attacked Palestinean soil....and we keep on going with all this unecessary voilence for the pretsnse of being a "powerful" nation. Men do not belong in violent situations any more than women....its all been conditioned. And people turn around and wonder why some man might end up violent, angry, hruting women? They were forced or conditioned to believe killing people is "brave" and good. Its all a big vicious cycle. The best thing we could do for our country is to protest against our wars. Keep ALL humans safer.....Stop believing violence can stop violence. There are in fact far fewer "terrorist" than media hype suggests....and most "terrrorism" only happens in countries engaged with war. violence begets violence. Michelle, thank you for not taking the feeble, useless female role. so many girls/women out there seem to think they are physically and mentally handicapped by their gender....then why should we let them out of their closets locked up safely from society?

But one thing.....as a nation we need to let go of any pretense that somehow we are "fighting for our country" at war. Google "US Foreign Policy...Another "Inconvenient Truth" and read the article I wrote (I am a writer for magazine currently) It's based on much research and either myelf or people I've interviewed that have traveled around the world. It's an eye opener to what we have been collectviely conditioned as AMericans to bleive, right down to our History books which are reflections of the truth, mostly lies. Our basic freedoms, liberty, justice, etc are ideals that we throught we were (are) "fighting for" but these very ideals are being diminished in the U.S. BECAUSE of our wars.

Patirotism means love of country, it has NOTHING to do with standing up for our wars. And men are no more the proper "warriors" in all this politically inspired corruption than women, serving nothing but the $$ put into the perpetrators pockets, taking out of the American peoples taxes. Taken out of our education, healthcare, environmental justice, social services......Let's stop believing in all this violence. 9/11 was horrible, but it happend BECUSE the U.S. sjipped missiles to hostile nation (for profits) who turned around and attacked Palestinean soil....and we keep on going with all this unecessary voilence for the pretsnse of being a "powerful" nation. Men do not belong in violent situations any more than women....its all been conditioned. And people turn around and wonder why some man might end up violent, angry, hruting women? They were forced or conditioned to believe killing people is "brave" and good. Its all a big vicious cycle. The best thing we could do for our country is to protest against our wars. Keep ALL humans safer.....Stop believing violence can stop violence. There are in fact far fewer "terrorist" than media hype suggests....and most "terrrorism" only happens in countries engaged with war. violence begets violence.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66544 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:44:50 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66544 Good point Sarah! Yes, its all political corruption to begin with, including our ugly wars themsevles. We are actually only serving to bring our nation down with war/spending on military and "defense" (put into quotes as none of this violence defends the USA....just the opposite). But its not the government per se that is sexist and corrupt...many facets of our gov does great things for humanity like the environmental orgs helping protect human health from cancer causing chemicals in Bay etc. It's the Federal government that is so corrupt in every respect....right down to funding the NCLB act for our schools which is only PUSHING kids so hard like little robots, even kids with 130 IQ drop out of school.....13 y/o girl with all A's took her own life when she got one "bad grade". Its all Politically corruption. And the women are not to blame for the sexism of having men regiister for SS not women...(at least those not acting like prma dona's with attitude "we women do it all, bake clean house, work, change diapers....blah blah....") All not true....I see lots of men taking kids to school, picking them up, acting as stay at home Dad's even though they have Masters degrees and once made more or same as wives....WhY? Because people are realizing life is short, spend time with kids now. Anyhow, those same corrupt politicians (Bush, Obama even) don't really "support the troops" otherwise you'd see their daughters/sons go to war. Will Obomba's daughters go to war someday? Probably not, protected like specimens in agar waiting to be cultured, while he uses the marketing spin for military profits "we are fighting for our security and freedom" and the naive people believing in it. Anyone who still believes that somehow America's wars can be justified, they are only ones whose daughters/sons (gender makes no differenc) should be expected to even think of registering or going to war....not any sons/fathers, daughters, ANYONE that keeps the fallacy alive. The bottom line is, gender does not matter one bit anymore. Good point Sarah! Yes, its all political corruption to begin with, including our ugly wars themsevles. We are actually only serving to bring our nation down with war/spending on military and "defense" (put into quotes as none of this violence defends the USA....just the opposite). But its not the government per se that is sexist and corrupt...many facets of our gov does great things for humanity like the environmental orgs helping protect human health from cancer causing chemicals in Bay etc. It's the Federal government that is so corrupt in every respect....right down to funding the NCLB act for our schools which is only PUSHING kids so hard like little robots, even kids with 130 IQ drop out of school.....13 y/o girl with all A's took her own life when she got one "bad grade". Its all Politically corruption. And the women are not to blame for the sexism of having men regiister for SS not women...(at least those not acting like prma dona's with attitude "we women do it all, bake clean house, work, change diapers....blah blah....") All not true....I see lots of men taking kids to school, picking them up, acting as stay at home Dad's even though they have Masters degrees and once made more or same as wives....WhY? Because people are realizing life is short, spend time with kids now. Anyhow, those same corrupt politicians (Bush, Obama even) don't really "support the troops" otherwise you'd see their daughters/sons go to war. Will Obomba's daughters go to war someday? Probably not, protected like specimens in agar waiting to be cultured, while he uses the marketing spin for military profits "we are fighting for our security and freedom" and the naive people believing in it. Anyone who still believes that somehow America's wars can be justified, they are only ones whose daughters/sons (gender makes no differenc) should be expected to even think of registering or going to war....not any sons/fathers, daughters, ANYONE that keeps the fallacy alive. The bottom line is, gender does not matter one bit anymore.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66543 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:24:36 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66543 As I woman myself...a 50 y/o woman with a 7 y/o angelic son....I must step in here. You young women out there that are still bitching and moaning about "equal pay"....I don't buy it. As a woman, I earned an MBA and climbed the surreal corporate ladder to Senior level....while bitching and moaning as I though for sure...as a feeble woman, I just must be making "less" than male executive colleagues at my level, only to find out I was making MORE than 20 men in my dept. I learned not to be so selfish. Women can and ARE making as much, many making MORE than men out there if you just work hard enough. Now, about the selfish thing. How DARE any of you make comments like "I only wanted "equal pay" why should I be "forced" into war when I am not READY for it"? ARe you insinuating that somehow boys/men are READY for it? That testosterone is like a can of spincach that instantly makes men able to leap over tall buildings and fly like superman, punch through walls like popeye? That somehow men are "more violent" or don't need to be protected from the unecessary volence of our ugly nonsustainable wars? Guns, weapons, army tanks are no more "boys toys" than girls toys other than in a social construct. Men are not physcially/emotionally any more equipped for battle than women....its more genetic. women have been in wars since Amazon days...before Christ.....in the Civil War and others. If YOU belive in any merit to war then YOU are the proper targets for war, NOT any boy/man that is being brought up not to believe that aggressive foreign policy serves our nation. Our next gen of boys will be braver than that...it takes far more courage to say NO to the pretnse of looking "Patiotic" or "tough" than to don uniform with an angry attitude to go fight "terrorism" with more terror. NOBODY should be required to regester for selective service, and looks like if that archaic system remains any longer, women will be required to register as well. OUr sons of next generation just might not register at all, without any CO status right up front... Why should women be "protected" in such neurtotic, self proclaimed "unpatriotic" fashion and not men? A life is a life, a limb a limb. why are there men that hurt women? Those are the ones FORCED and TOUGHT that somehow war is right, and that MEN are proper "warriors"s. Its the year 20111...time to let go of such Stone aged beliefs. As I woman myself...a 50 y/o woman with a 7 y/o angelic son....I must step in here. You young women out there that are still bitching and moaning about "equal pay"....I don't buy it. As a woman, I earned an MBA and climbed the surreal corporate ladder to Senior level....while bitching and moaning as I though for sure...as a feeble woman, I just must be making "less" than male executive colleagues at my level, only to find out I was making MORE than 20 men in my dept. I learned not to be so selfish. Women can and ARE making as much, many making MORE than men out there if you just work hard enough. Now, about the selfish thing. How DARE any of you make comments like "I only wanted "equal pay" why should I be "forced" into war when I am not READY for it"? ARe you insinuating that somehow boys/men are READY for it? That testosterone is like a can of spincach that instantly makes men able to leap over tall buildings and fly like superman, punch through walls like popeye? That somehow men are "more violent" or don't need to be protected from the unecessary volence of our ugly nonsustainable wars? Guns, weapons, army tanks are no more "boys toys" than girls toys other than in a social construct. Men are not physcially/emotionally any more equipped for battle than women....its more genetic. women have been in wars since Amazon days...before Christ.....in the Civil War and others. If YOU belive in any merit to war then YOU are the proper targets for war, NOT any boy/man that is being brought up not to believe that aggressive foreign policy serves our nation. Our next gen of boys will be braver than that...it takes far more courage to say NO to the pretnse of looking "Patiotic" or "tough" than to don uniform with an angry attitude to go fight "terrorism" with more terror. NOBODY should be required to regester for selective service, and looks like if that archaic system remains any longer, women will be required to register as well. OUr sons of next generation just might not register at all, without any CO status right up front... Why should women be "protected" in such neurtotic, self proclaimed "unpatriotic" fashion and not men? A life is a life, a limb a limb. why are there men that hurt women? Those are the ones FORCED and TOUGHT that somehow war is right, and that MEN are proper "warriors"s. Its the year 20111...time to let go of such Stone aged beliefs.

]]> By: openeyes http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66541 openeyes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:03:57 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66541 One thing seems to be missing in this discussion (which is old maybe this realization has popped up since) WAR does not "serve our country" in any positive fashion to begin with. It diserves our nation (bloated military/"defense" spending #1 reason we rank dead last in healthcare out of any industrialized nation, slightly above 3rd world Cuba, its the #1 reason our education system is slipping, environmental pollution hence higher rates of cancer, emotional pollution, on and on). Take one look at American pie budget chart at "notmypriorities.org". It's become an $800 billion wasted industry only putting money into coffers of perpetrators (Bush, Obomba, political interest groups, corrupt industry making bombs, missiles and using marketing spin "we are protecting homeland security"). War and weapons don't protect us, in fact does the opposite. Put the money back into our schools, healthcare etc. Dirty politics aside, the "Selective Service" needs to be destroyed. It is the biggest discrimination against boys/men in the nation, very outdated and based on the myth that "men are physically and emotionally more equipped for battle". Very untrue...it is not so much gender specific as genetic. Plus, war takes vertually no physical strentgh with all robotics tech, and many women can lug around 60 pd equipment better than many men. The boys of next generation will NOT be registering for SS any more than GIRLs of next generation....parents getting wiser, teaching sons war is wrong, we cannot sustain our ugly poilitical "power" acting as global cops to the world. Our "leaders" are all talking about requiring women to register for SS, and we would never go back to draft as there would be huge riots....but women would be drafted if so. This is step in right direction to ending our wars....as God forbid people still think women are so physically and mentally handicapped by their gender they need to be "protected". The fact of the matter is, the rich barbie doll look alike whose family values believe in any merit to war is far more apporpriate to go to war than the Ken pacifist with morals against war. We cannot discriminate a persons heart and soul for something so mundane as gender. Otherwise, roll back all this "equality". One thing seems to be missing in this discussion (which is old maybe this realization has popped up since) WAR does not "serve our country" in any positive fashion to begin with. It diserves our nation (bloated military/"defense" spending #1 reason we rank dead last in healthcare out of any industrialized nation, slightly above 3rd world Cuba, its the #1 reason our education system is slipping, environmental pollution hence higher rates of cancer, emotional pollution, on and on). Take one look at American pie budget chart at "notmypriorities.org". It's become an $800 billion wasted industry only putting money into coffers of perpetrators (Bush, Obomba, political interest groups, corrupt industry making bombs, missiles and using marketing spin "we are protecting homeland security"). War and weapons don't protect us, in fact does the opposite. Put the money back into our schools, healthcare etc. Dirty politics aside, the "Selective Service" needs to be destroyed. It is the biggest discrimination against boys/men in the nation, very outdated and based on the myth that "men are physically and emotionally more equipped for battle". Very untrue...it is not so much gender specific as genetic. Plus, war takes vertually no physical strentgh with all robotics tech, and many women can lug around 60 pd equipment better than many men. The boys of next generation will NOT be registering for SS any more than GIRLs of next generation....parents getting wiser, teaching sons war is wrong, we cannot sustain our ugly poilitical "power" acting as global cops to the world. Our "leaders" are all talking about requiring women to register for SS, and we would never go back to draft as there would be huge riots....but women would be drafted if so. This is step in right direction to ending our wars....as God forbid people still think women are so physically and mentally handicapped by their gender they need to be "protected". The fact of the matter is, the rich barbie doll look alike whose family values believe in any merit to war is far more apporpriate to go to war than the Ken pacifist with morals against war. We cannot discriminate a persons heart and soul for something so mundane as gender. Otherwise, roll back all this "equality".

]]> By: rick http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft#comment-66150 rick Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:12:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2002/12/27/women_in_the_draft/#comment-66150 It's one thing to say you go girl it's another thing to be be treated just like the guys, the liberal media and feminist are always pointing to that one talented female and they are out their, but in the real world you have to look at the average female competing with the average guy, if women really want to go to war their are a lot of guys who will be more then willing to let them take their place on the front lines.feminisism has made life a lot easier for men and they might not want to give up them up. It's one thing to say you go girl it's another thing to be be treated just like the guys, the liberal media and feminist are always pointing to that one talented female and they are out their, but in the real world you have to look at the average female competing with the average guy, if women really want to go to war their are a lot of guys who will be more then willing to let them take their place on the front lines.feminisism has made life a lot easier for men and they might not want to give up them up.

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