09-27-2017, 09:17 AM
(09-26-2017, 11:33 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(09-26-2017, 09:53 AM)David Horn Wrote: Unless you live on your own island and provide totally for yourself, you are part of the commonweal. We all share the cost of the military, roads, police protection and social security. You may not like it, but it's the way it is. If I can't opt-out of the things government provides but I dislike, neither can you or anyone else.
You might take a minute to realize that we, as a nation, elected to NOT have a standing army by making it permanently impermanent in Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 12. We also provided for a militia in Paragraph 16. The underlying assumption: we were all expected to carry that burden (well, all white men at least).
None of which says we live a communal existence or that we need a draft.
We live private existences with the exception of a few services contracted to the government as permitted by the Constitution, which in fact prohibits a draft by prohibiting involuntary servitude.
Just to be nosy, what do you think you and others owe to our country for the privilege of living here? Is it all one way: you get much and give nothing in return?
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.