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What are your thoughts on military drafts?

"Forcing men and women to literally risk their lives against their will, often for a cause in which they do not believe, is an infringement on personal liberty and one of the potential doorways to tyranny."
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BaileyAleksandrov · 22-25, F
Actually Females don't have to sign up for the draft...yet. The draft hasn't been used since WW2. Maybe one day we'll need it again, but for now we don't.
Quizzical · 46-50, M
I believe there was a draft during the Vietnam War
lorne13 · 61-69, M
@Quizzical: yes and a rather large number of black guys had to go
Quizzical · 46-50, M
@lorne13: Disproportionately so as I understand it...
lorne13 · 61-69, M
@Quizzical: disproportionate enough to cause a lot of anger