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May 23, 2004
Bringing Back the Draft
Pending Draft Legislation Targeted for Spring 2005
Looks like they are trying to bring back the draft in the US. Scary. Reason #57 why I am glad to live in Canada.
Apparently they are going to make it much tougher to dodge the draft this time around. College won't keep you safe (especially since college is almost worthless anyway). Freshmen can only defer their service until the end of the current semester, and seniors only until the end of that academic year. This is all in a move to make class less effective as a way to get out of the draft. This draft will cut across more lines of gender, class, etc.
Canada is no longer a haven, either. John Manley and Tom Ridge signed an accord that makes entering and leaving either country impossible without some extra kind of screening. I don't know much about it.
The most insidious thing about this is how sneaky it is—the administration is quietly trying to get this stuff passed while everyone else is focused on the election, or Nick Berg's head. (Nick Berg's Head could be the name of some sick band, or some sick blog. I'll have to keep that in mind.)
Posted by JonasParker at May 23, 2004 5:57 PM
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I don't know what's more frightening to me - the fact that you keep up on American Legislation... or that I want to correct you by saying "It was Nicholas Berg, not Dave"... ugh!
Posted by: V. at May 24, 2004 7:13 PM
Also? I was arguing with Jason about the video and I said "let's not lose our heads!". I'm going to hell.
Posted by: Elizabeth at May 25, 2004 9:02 AM