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Originally posted by KSig RC
My point was that comparing some sort of vague socioeconomic 'indenturement' of lower-class, lower-income, lower-education, or minority Americans to the draft is ridiculous, and anyone promoting the draft on the basis of supposedly alleviating those (vague, flightly, weightless) concerns is even more ridiculous.
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Oh, I don't think you're trying to belittle its impact, but what's interesting is that you've very eloquently described much of what the draft was. Of course there were some middle class grunts -- and even some college grads -- but the average draftee in Vietnam was 19 years old, likely a minority member with a high school diploma or less. (I remember those stats -- wish I could cite specifically where from)
If there ever is a draft again (and I hope there never will be), we need to do it a lot better.