Would you serve in your country's military ?

Poll - Total Votes: 21

yes - national service (if it existed in our country)

yes - conscription (during wartime)

yes - voluntarily (as a conscious career choice)

no - don't trust the government and military are agents of government

no - guns/weapons are designed to kill people and that has no place in society

some other reason

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If you were forced to (conscription, or national service).

Or voluntarily (as a conscious career choice).

Military are agents of government and since we don't trust governments we would feel uncomfortable about being in the military and it would also be incompatible with our lack of trust in the executive branch of government.

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

With your expressed opinion, it would probably best to ask this question again when there is a genuine military threat to you and your family where someone is determined to grab all you consider worthwhile (even your children) for themselves with guns in their hands. I once held completely pacifist views and even now have severe reservations about the military mind, but as I get older I appreciate a lot more what my father and his contemporaries did to make sure I could grow up in peace and freedom.