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  • From: "Melody O." <melody AT crecon.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Mother's Against the Draft
  • Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:10:44 -0700

At 12:48 PM 2/15/05 -0500, you wrote:
>Melody O. wrote:
>
>>At 07:38 PM 2/13/05 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Rob wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>In a message dated 2/10/2005 12:29:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>>>>melody AT crecon.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>look:
>>>>"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
>>>>crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
>>>>within
>>>>the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
>>>>
>>>>At 2/13/2005 01:06 PM, Ray wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Easily gotten around... The penalty for any driving violation
>>>>>convictions
>>>>>would be that of being subjected to the draft. Thus, is no longer
>>>>>involuntary servitude, but rather the punishment for being duly
>>>>>convicted. Problem
>>>>>solved!
>>>>>
>>>>>Ray
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I'm not sure how it's justified but it's kind of like jury duty, a
>>>>responsibility.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Rob
>>>>becidawa AT hctc.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>tvoivozhd---my opinion exactly. I despise people that run away from
>>>responsibility, military or social.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>As far as I am concerned, unless our country is at stake, it isn't our war.
>>
>>
>
>tvoivozhd---it IS our war, and the country IS at stake---of all the
>stupid mistakes that politicians can make, the most stupid is cut and
>run Cutting and running in Somalia instead of killing
>Mohammed Aidid and every damned one of his tribal supporters convinced
>the Middle East that the U.S. was a paper tiger with no staying power
>whatever even against a weak opponent---a bloody nose
>and we would run in panic. Somalia is why Saddam played games with us
>from 1990 to 2003, and daily tried to shoot down our pilots since
>1992. I shudder to think what
>would happen if we did the cut and run in Iraq---are you so delusionary
>that you think your kids could avoid military service in the bigger and
>better wars that would trigger?
>
>>Occupying Iraq isn't what I would call my sons' responsibility.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Melody
>>
>>
>
>tvoivozhd---a really specious remark---slam around a straw man when
>there isn't the slightest chance of that happening.

Would you like to explain what you are meaning? Because I have no idea.

Best wishes,
Melody




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