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View Poll Results: Which of the armed forces would you join?
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Army
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I would runaway to Canada
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July 16, 2002, 17:50
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King
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Since I'm already in the army, I would have to say knowing what I know now, I'd run off to Canada, or better yet just feign insanity.
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July 16, 2002, 17:56
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I'll be 50 in two weeks, so I really couldn't care less. Perhaps I could join the elite unit known as the grey panthers. 
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July 16, 2002, 17:56
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King
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Uhmm!
It depends!
If it is a war started by my country, or where my country is an aggressor, I would flee to Switzerland (they are never at war, so I don't risk anything)
It is a defensive war, I would VOLUNTEER in the army
Saluti
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"In vino veritas" - Plinio il vecchio
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July 16, 2002, 17:59
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Prince
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WHat the hell is "Selective Service" anyway?
And I'm with VG, if I flee to Canada, I would get drafted. So I'll just flee ... nowhere? 
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What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
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July 16, 2002, 18:02
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Deity
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Originally posted by Echinda
WHat the hell is "Selective Service" anyway?
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"Selective Service"
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July 16, 2002, 18:02
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Well... I flee to Canada to serve, or to hide in the vast wilderness... so flee to Canada covers all options for me.
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July 16, 2002, 18:04
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Prince
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I'll just stay in New York. It's a pretty vast wilderness all on its own.
And thanks for the link, Dino.
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What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
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July 16, 2002, 18:07
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Prince
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Hmm, seems I would have had to register, even though I'm a Canadian on a temporary work visa. Good thing I'm too old.
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What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?
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July 16, 2002, 18:35
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Originally posted by August Borms
...or a terrorist organisation.
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The 'Flip Dewinter Brigade'?  :
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July 16, 2002, 19:16
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Prince
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Originally posted by Hueij
The 'Flip Dewinter Brigade'? :
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That reminds me a bit too much of Kabouter Plop for some reason 
No, I think "11 July" would be a better name
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July 16, 2002, 20:50
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I guess I'd run away to St. Pierre and Miquelon (sp?). 
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July 16, 2002, 21:50
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Deity
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We should annwx those ****ing islands already...
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July 16, 2002, 21:52
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If you're conscripted you dont get to choose what branch you're in.
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July 16, 2002, 22:31
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Honestly, it depends on why the war is being fought. If the US is being invaded or if we're doing the invading.
It doesn't really matter. You should have had a banana option for us 4F types. Asthma keeps you out of the service.
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July 16, 2002, 22:31
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Deity
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I have an army commission (infantry) so no prizes for guessing where I'd go.
I'm an old fart now and given my current employment I'd probably end up in the intelligence corps or a staff offcier, either way with a nice little office doing pretty much what I do now and posting here
I already know how to draw all the little army symbols on maps, answer a telephone and draft orders so I'd probably be posted here in the capital and live at home.
I'm also an expert at delegating work to others, officer's mess culture and long lunches. Nice war for some 
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July 16, 2002, 22:52
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It doesn't matter, the age of massed infantry is over. Any massive mobilization of troops by anyone would be nuke fodder. I wouldn't go fight a foreign battle unless there was a truly evil super power comparable to the Nazis or Imperial Japan waging war against the US.
I would probably get into some area of electronics and communications, possibly tech support for weapons systems or surveillance, intellegence, etc. My skills are too valuable to be wasted as a foot soldier. There are enough men 18-26 pumping gas who would be better suited.
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July 16, 2002, 23:01
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Emperor
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I'm steering my entire life to the point where no matter what happens, I'll be safe in my laboratory, healthly funded by various means.
In case of war, I'm the guy making the better mousetrap. 
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July 16, 2002, 23:17
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King
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I'm too old for the armed forces.
Besides, isn't war profiteering considered an essential service? I could avoid the draught that way, I suppose.
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July 16, 2002, 23:18
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Frankly, no matter what the cause, I will tell the armed forces to go to hell. If they don't want gays in peacetime, they can't have them in wartime, either.
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July 16, 2002, 23:19
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Warlord
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What about the Coast Guard?
Next best thing is the Navy, so that's what I chose.
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For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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July 16, 2002, 23:23
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I'm with you Boris - I don't care what the cause, conscription is immoral, and by extension any nation trying to use conscription is immoral as well.
I would never serve, if forced to do so.
There would be a slim chance of me volunteering, if it were in my own self interest, but I fail to see how that's a possibility.
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July 16, 2002, 23:38
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Warlord
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Army. Preferably as a sniper.
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July 16, 2002, 23:43
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Deity
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There would be a slim chance of me volunteering, if it were in my own self interest, but I fail to see how that's a possibility.
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You are volunteering, David. Stop with the false bravado.
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I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
If government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is also big enough to take everything you have. - Gerald Ford
Blackwidow24 and FemmeAdonis fan club
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July 17, 2002, 01:31
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Definetely run away to Canada. I'm a pacifist, I don't think I could kill another person and I don't want to find out.
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July 17, 2002, 01:33
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Deity
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Go home, goddamn peaceniks.
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July 17, 2002, 01:45
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I am home, KH.
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July 17, 2002, 01:49
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Chieftain
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I'll already be in the marines, so the question is moot imn my case.
They have the most fun. Heh.
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July 17, 2002, 02:26
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King
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I would pick army (infantry), because that was what I was trained to. My rank is vänrikki (second lieutenant).
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July 17, 2002, 03:00
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Prince
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 No option for staying in your country and fighting the draft.
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July 17, 2002, 11:05
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Deity
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Depends on what kind of war, whether I think the war is just or not.
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