grampster
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It seems to me that the original post meant less about a draft than rather a comment about some type of national service.
Now, I agree with the remarks that national service can come in various ways in a free society. eg: absorbing a good education, finding a job that is satisfying and contributes to the common good, being a peaceful, engaged and involved citizen, finding ways to share ones blessings with those less endowed etc. etc. It is obvious to me that in a free society anything one does that reinforces personal responsibility, at the end of the day, supports our nationhood. e Pluribu Unum; out of many, one. (Have we forgotten this?)
If we are, as a society, to compel anyone to do anything it ought to be in the educational arena. Unequivical understanding of the Constitution and our form of self government should be mandatory and continued to be taught at all levels of our public and private schools. The teaching of history should be as important. (Both of these subjects are virtually ignored today) Life skills such as tradesman skills, cooking, music and the arts etc are also very important educational musts that are mostly ignored today as well. Instruction in firearms should also be compulsory starting in junior high school. Goblins will learn how to use guns for bad purposes. Our good youth should be shown the value of firearms for their safety, security, sporting, competitive and hunting values. Things like math, science, medicine are skills that may be more interesting to students who have been shown, by having their interests kept alive by learning interesting useful things, that reinforce education can be fun as well as a learning experience, and gravitate to the more disciplined arenas as a result.
No better way to strengthen our country than to be engaged in all that a free society provides. Of course the status quo would have to be shaken to the core in order to accomplish this. Who's up for it?
Now, I agree with the remarks that national service can come in various ways in a free society. eg: absorbing a good education, finding a job that is satisfying and contributes to the common good, being a peaceful, engaged and involved citizen, finding ways to share ones blessings with those less endowed etc. etc. It is obvious to me that in a free society anything one does that reinforces personal responsibility, at the end of the day, supports our nationhood. e Pluribu Unum; out of many, one. (Have we forgotten this?)
If we are, as a society, to compel anyone to do anything it ought to be in the educational arena. Unequivical understanding of the Constitution and our form of self government should be mandatory and continued to be taught at all levels of our public and private schools. The teaching of history should be as important. (Both of these subjects are virtually ignored today) Life skills such as tradesman skills, cooking, music and the arts etc are also very important educational musts that are mostly ignored today as well. Instruction in firearms should also be compulsory starting in junior high school. Goblins will learn how to use guns for bad purposes. Our good youth should be shown the value of firearms for their safety, security, sporting, competitive and hunting values. Things like math, science, medicine are skills that may be more interesting to students who have been shown, by having their interests kept alive by learning interesting useful things, that reinforce education can be fun as well as a learning experience, and gravitate to the more disciplined arenas as a result.
No better way to strengthen our country than to be engaged in all that a free society provides. Of course the status quo would have to be shaken to the core in order to accomplish this. Who's up for it?