Re: recent trends in SF

In article <BMmdnUxOf64LGJXQnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mike Ash wrote:

I knew that would rile up some military people.

I have to ask, though: why the sigh? I assume you disagree, but how,
specifically? Security seems fairly obvious; being drafted into an army
in wartime is not safe, and you stand a good chance of serious injury or
death. Freedom seems obvious too, as you are forced to obey your
employer under penalty of imprisonment and not allowed to quit. While
you're not allowed to dodge the draft either, it is in practice much
easier to do so than it is to desert once you're in service.

I was drafted during war time. I never considered dodging the
draft. It would have been easy, since I had five 4F medical ratings
that would prevent me from enlisting when I got the draft notice.

I never considered deserting, even after being told I was awaiting
orders for the AFRTS TV station in Vietnam. Instead, I got what was
considered worse duty. A year at the US Army Cold Weather Research
Facility at Ft. Greely, AK. A couple months later I learned that the
station I was supposed to be assigned to in Vietnam was over run and the
engineering staff killed.

If you aren't man enough to fulfill your obligations, you don't
deserve to be a US citizen.

You only value freedom f someone else pays the ultimte price, and the
proper name for that is 'Gutless Coward'.

In short, you have no argument, just a bunch of non sequiturs. I claim
that being drafted deprives you of freedom and security, and you offer
absolutely no counter to those claims, just a bunch of other stuff
that's not really related.

Oh, and that last part is a huge and completely undeserved insult. I
wonder if you'll ever get over your own cowardice enough to apologize
for it.

--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon
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  • Re: recent trends in SF
    ... you're not allowed to dodge the draft either, ... You only value freedom f someone else pays the ultimte price, ... Apologize for what I believe? ... Then I would be a coward. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)
  • Re: recent trends in SF
    ... I think the vast majority of people would rather give up ... they would be arrested sure doesn't sound like freedom to me. ... By dodging the draft, they give up neither; ... "Should those citizens volunteer in times of crisis? ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)
  • Re: recent trends in SF
    ... I think the vast majority of people would rather give up ... they would be arrested sure doesn't sound like freedom to me. ... By dodging the draft, they give up neither; ... "Should those citizens volunteer in times of crisis? ...
    (rec.arts.sf.written)