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[sophiaserpentia]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, vidicon.

Serve Your Community and the Nation -- Become a Selective Service System Local Board Member

The Selective Service System wants to hear from men and women in the community who might be willing to serve as members of a local draft board.

Comments

[archanglrobriel.livejournal.com]

Oh look. I am absolutely falling down with not surprised.

[hearthstone.livejournal.com]

I guess it's unsurprising, since it looks like they're in for the long haul. Of course now I'm sitting here thinking of all the young men I know who would be eligible for the draft if they started it up :(.

[alobar.livejournal.com]

I am hoping that once young adults are at risk for being drafted there might be a resurgence of radicalism amongst them. I feel the anti-Vietnam War movement would never have gotten as strong as it did if the draft was not in effect back then.

[ohari.livejournal.com]

We have had Selective Service Registration for what, twenty years? Twenty five? I know I would have had to register when I turned 18 if I had not already enlisted by then...and that was a good many years ago. These volunteer "draft boards" have existed the whole time, this is nothing new. I agree with the person below that geting on your local board is the only way anything can be done about who if anyone gets drafted (unless of course you want to run for congress), but even with the current administration and everything they are trying to do, the chances of legislation bring back the draft are minimal. Perhaps if the Republicans had a very strong margin in the congress, and if something else of the magnitude of 9/11 happened, but right now it is not needed and would never pass.

and for the record (even though it'll start a fight, I am certain), I am very strongly in favor of some form of compulsory (but of course paid) national service, not exclusively military by any means, as a way of helping young people help themselves out of our many crappy places...