November 06, 2003
I'd Refuse

[Updates below.]

Arthur Silber speaks for me when he says of possible plans to reinstate the draft:

...I have explained why I consider the reinstitution of a draft and censorship to be the two single greatest dangers to the United States today. Both represent the most fundamental violation of individual rights that can be imagined.

[...]

My life is mine, not anyone else's. It does not belong to the Democrats, nor to the Republicans, nor to anyone else. Ever. I don't give a damn what "crisis" people may drum up which convinces them that they have the "right" to dispose of other human beings as if they were cattle.


A military recruiter would probably consider me a perfect candidate:
  1. 23 years old
  2. No criminal history
  3. Physically fit
  4. Some college experience, good high school grades
  5. Father's a retired Army Colonel

If the draft was to be reactivated and if I were called upon to serve in the military through the lottery, I'd refuse. I was at one time willing to join, but that time has passed and I want nothing to do with serving in a military that I now consider inappropriately staged overseas. Reading this would deeply pain my father, but I cannot in good conscience allow myself to be forced into duty.

UPDATE 9/23/2004 12:48pm
Nelson, British Columbia, plans a memorial for draft dodgers.



Posted by Drizzten at November 06, 2003 02:02 AM

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