if there were a draft, should females be drafted?

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in the event of a draft, should females be drafted?

yes, because females make great soldiers	3%	[ 2 ]
yes, because females make great soldiers	3%	[ 2 ]
yes, just to make it fair (since males would be drafted)	23%	[ 18 ]
yes, just to make it fair (since males would be drafted)	23%	[ 18 ]
yes, but they should be given the option of avoiding combat zones	8%	[ 6 ]
yes, but they should be given the option of avoiding combat zones	8%	[ 6 ]
no, because girls can't fight	1%	[ 1 ]
no, because girls can't fight	1%	[ 1 ]
no, because I am chivalrous and wouldn't want to see females in a war zone	6%	[ 5 ]
no, because I am chivalrous and wouldn't want to see females in a war zone	6%	[ 5 ]
no, because I am an all-around pacifist	9%	[ 7 ]
no, because I am an all-around pacifist	9%	[ 7 ]

Total votes : 78

AutisticOne
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28 Oct 2006, 11:54 pm

This war is unique in that the whole country is dangerous, and anyone over there is in danger. From guys on the front lines, to just truck drivers and supply clerks.

Women, like everyone else, want the most amount of benefits, with the least amount of responisibilty. They want the old chivalorous ways when it suits them, and they want the feminist way, when it suits them. Most women arent physically strong enough to be in combat.

In general, women have a much easier life than men. Men get less sympathy, more responsibilities, greater expectations, etc..

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28 Oct 2006, 11:58 pm

MrMark wrote:

Hazelwudi wrote:

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

This topic in in our news too.

It was said (don't know if its true) the Israelli army had women in front lines, but stopped as they found that male soldiers would take more risks (and get themselves injured/killed too) trying to help a woman than they would a man. It was a therefore thought to be a tactical mistake to put women in combat.

Whether or not you think people should or shouldn't behave like that, the Israelli's real life experience is that is how people respond in a combat situtation, or so I've heard.

Young women are biologically more valuable than men are. No matter what politically correct stuff gets drummed into people's heads, deep down people know better... and when the chips are down they'll act accordingly.

If you're looking to repopulate after a war, the number of healthy young females in your society forms an absolute upper limit as to how many babies can be born in nine months, whereas a single well-motivated male can father hundreds of children in the same span of time. Young females are invariably the 'limiting reagent' in this biological equation... not males.

I'm glad somebody pointed that out. You don't want your female population decimated. Even if you lose the war and all of your males are killed, your genes survive in the offspring produced by your females and the victorious males.

That has to be one of the dumber excuses for not letting women get drafted I ever heard. Men have fought all the wars forever, and we have never been close to being extinct.

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29 Oct 2006, 12:20 am

Maybe this has already been addressed, but I can't be bothered reading through 4000 pages of topic action at the moment.

>>the military does not allow women to serve in ground combat<<

Why is that?? Is this not open sexist-ness? And is this all over the world?

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29 Oct 2006, 1:00 am

Mitch8817 wrote:

Because they dont have the physical strength (mostly upper body)

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29 Oct 2006, 11:51 am

I don't believe in drafting. <period
In the past I've told the men in my family that if they enlisted or were drafted I would blow off one of their feet so they couldn't go to war. And I would, or do something else horrendous or crooked to them to protect them from war.
I'm female and if I was drafted I would take whatever action I felt nessesary not to go to war, or go and take out as many death-mongers as I could.

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29 Oct 2006, 3:20 pm

I reluctantly support the draft, because without the draft, poor people fight the wars started by rich people. What I would really like to see is a draft system where the children of politicians are drafted first and automatically sent to combat zones.

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14 Nov 2006, 2:02 pm

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That has to be one of the dumber excuses for not letting women get drafted I ever heard. Men have fought all the wars forever, and we have never been close to being extinct.

Not extinct as a species, but your people extinct. Your group, your tribe, your nation, your "us" in contradistinction to "them".

Of course, your response also brings up something... men are almost invariably the ones who start the wars too, so why should women have to fight in them? :p

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