NDAA would require women to register for the draft

[Novus America]

Women are drafted in Norway and Israel too. Has not caused them any problems.

Did I say it would?

Never said you did. I was just making a general observation.

[Ifreann]

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So amend your constitution. It's not hard, we amend ours all the time.

Ours is hard to anmend.

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

But we are not going to. The draft is a vital tool. Remember that WWII thing?

Vaguely. Wasn't it quite a while ago?

[United Kingdom of Kent]

Did I say it would?

Never said you did. I was just making a general observation.

Ah sorry my bad.

[Novus America]

Ours is hard to anmend.

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

But we are not going to. The draft is a vital tool. Remember that WWII thing?

Vaguely. Wasn't it quite a while ago?

We could also change it to make everyone wear pink. We could do it. But it is not easy and we do not want to.

And yes, while WWII wa some time ago, we have to be ready if needed.

[United Marxist Nations]

Ours is hard to anmend.

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

But we are not going to. The draft is a vital tool. Remember that WWII thing?

Vaguely. Wasn't it quite a while ago?

Twenty times in how many years? Do the math. It is hard enough that it has only happened that many times.

[Shaggy Dog Story]

I think we need to clear up the difference between the draft and registry. The United States does not currently have a draft. We have not had a drsft in over 40 years.

Men of a certain age put their name on a list of potential individuals who can be drafted if a draft happens. This would add women to it as well.

[Ifreann]

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

Vaguely. Wasn't it quite a while ago?

We could also change it to make everyone wear pink. We could do it. But it is not easy and we do not want to.

Maybe you should consider the pink thing. It'd certainly be a conversation starter.

And yes, while WWII wa some time ago, we have to be ready if needed.

Do you? Is there any real possibility of a war that must be won and can only be won by throwing conscripts at the enemy?

[Shaggy Dog Story]

Ours is hard to anmend.

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

But we are not going to. The draft is a vital tool. Remember that WWII thing?

Vaguely. Wasn't it quite a while ago?

17 times I think.

[The Romulan Republic]

I support gender equality, but would rather see the draft abolished than see it expanded. In my opinion, a draft constitutes involuntary servitude, and is thus a violation of the 13th. Amendment to the Constitution.

The draft dies not violate the 13th. At all. The courts already ruled on this.

The Supreme Court also once ruled that black people had no rights white people were obligated to respect.

It may be the law, and we may be obliged to respect it as such for today, but that does not mean that it is right or that the court will never revisit the decision.

And personally, I do not see how the draft cannot be considered involuntary servitude. Which is prohibited by the Constitution except as punishment for a crime.

[Novus America]

The draft dies not violate the 13th. At all. The courts already ruled on this.

The Supreme Court also once ruled that black people had no rights white people were obligated to respect.

It may be the law, and we may be obliged to respect it as such for today, but that does not mean that it is right or that the court will never revisit the decision.

And personally, I do not see how the draft cannot be considered involuntary servitude. Which is prohibited by the Constitution except as punishment for a crime.

Involuntary servitude refers to slavery. Not doing your duty as a citizen. The draft is not involuntary servitude any more tan jury duty is.

[Conserative Morality]

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

10 of those were immediately after it was made. 3 were after a long and bloody civil war. The last one proposed that actually passed was in the early 70s.

[Conserative Morality]

17 times I think.

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[Shaggy Dog Story]

The Supreme Court also once ruled that black people had no rights white people were obligated to respect.

It may be the law, and we may be obliged to respect it as such for today, but that does not mean that it is right or that the court will never revisit the decision.

And personally, I do not see how the draft cannot be considered involuntary servitude. Which is prohibited by the Constitution except as punishment for a crime.

Involuntary servitude refers to slavery. Not doing your duty as a citizen. The draft is not involuntary servitude any more tan jury duty is.

Well juries in other courtrooms aren't shooting at you.

[Novus America]

We could also change it to make everyone wear pink. We could do it. But it is not easy and we do not want to.

Maybe you should consider the pink thing. It'd certainly be a conversation starter.

And yes, while WWII wa some time ago, we have to be ready if needed.

Do you? Is there any real possibility of a war that must be won and can only be won by throwing conscripts at the enemy?

The draft is not just about "throwing conscripts at the enemey". There definitely could be a war requiring a massive increase in the number of troops needed though.

[Shaggy Dog Story]

17 times I think.

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Weren't the first 10 all done as once not 10 separate times?

[Wolfmanne2]

I don't see an issue here.

[Conserative Morality]

Weren't the first 10 all done as once not 10 separate times?

If we're counting like that it'd be 18 times.

[Shaggy Dog Story]

Weren't the first 10 all done as once not 10 separate times?

If we're counting like that it'd be 18 times.

You are correct sir, my error.

[Ifreann]

Maybe you should consider the pink thing. It'd certainly be a conversation starter.


Do you? Is there any real possibility of a war that must be won and can only be won by throwing conscripts at the enemy?

The draft is not just about "throwing conscripts at the enemey".

I wasn't being literal.

There definitely could be a war requiring a massive increase in the number of troops needed though.

Is it in any way likely?

[Wisconsin9]

Ours is hard to anmend.

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

18 times, three forcibly, over a span of almost two and a half centuries.

[Ifreann]

Yet you've done it, what, 20ish times? I'm confident you could manage another.

18 times, three forcibly, over a span of almost two and a half centuries.

Just two more and it's an even 20.

[Frenline Delpha]

18 times, three forcibly, over a span of almost two and a half centuries.

Just two more and it's an even 20.

Good luck getting the required numbers to do it, though.

[Conserative Morality]

Is it in any way likely?

Depends. Will the schoolyard shoving match in Europe between Russia and the US escalate?

[Shaggy Dog Story]

18 times, three forcibly, over a span of almost two and a half centuries.

Just two more and it's an even 20.

We'll do that pink one first then?

[Kubra]

Because they are not really pro-equality.

That can be gathered from their positions, but I'd like to hear it in the terms of radical feminists themselves and not their detractors.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/ ... draft.html

total and utter horseshit from that bitch.
Yeah, that's not in favor of equality, only the inefficiency of the war effort. Fuck 'em, the SSS needs vaginas to sign up.

Just gonna point out, since no one else did, that "bitch" was writing during the second world war against a draft that put women in nursing roles. She ain't a modern.