-=> Bob Ackley wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD>> Why do you have this stick up your butt about military
 DD>> service? If a person cannot wield a weapon then that person
 DD>> should not be in the military. Period.

 BK>>  Why not? Conscientious objectors serve as medics.

 BA> In point of fact during Vietnam the Viet Cong used the red corsses on
 BA> medics' helmets for target practice.  Many combat unit medics did not
 BA> wear the red cross on their helmets for exactly that reason.  The Cong
 BA> also used as targets the red crosses on ambulances and medevac
 BA> helicopters.

While that is true. And while it is a shame that the Dulles brothers did not
have to serve in any front-line capacity in a mess that they were the proximate
cause of it's beside the point I was making. Which is, I see no earthly reason
that *military* service, whether as a combat troop, a CO serving as a medic, or
someone who is just a REMF, should be a requirement for citizenship. SERVICE to
the nation is what I posited as a requirement for citizenship. It might be
military service, or it might be sorting buttons in Ketchican, AK. But it NEED
NOT be "military" service. 

Those wishing to remain second-class residents of the country without the perks
and privileges (and duties) of being a citizen need not serve but, must take
life as it comes to them and have little say in the matter. 

Those wanting to have a say need to prove their worthiness by volunteering
their service. Else they must siddown, sharrop and hang on to whatever crumbs
they can get as a second-class resident.

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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