Hi, im having problems with a recent topic.
I am in the debating team for our class and I am finding it hard to find information on my topic.
The Topic is "Should Military Service be compulsory for all citizens?"
We are the negative side. And I need to discuss the personal aspects of the topic , eg. people may not like it...
I am basically asking for any websites you may know about why conscription should not be allowed. Personal Matters on the topic are also aprreciated, i will rate every answer and give best answer to the one that helps the most.
Thank You!
2006-11-25 18:05:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I don't know any websites that are actually civil (like nice and not extremist) with regards to military service, but here are a few reasons:
.There have been complaints that military recruiters at high schools and colleges have aggressive, and there have even been sexual harassment cases as well.
.It would impeded on First Amendment rights, right to freedom, be able to make own choices, increase governmental power, etc...
.It would rip apart families when a war is actually happening, especially if the person in the military is the primary income
.It would increase taxes significantly. If everyone had to be in the military at some point, it would cause huge costs to feed, train, house them. That would need to be made up at the expense of the other citizens.
2006-11-25 18:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Aegor R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Conscription is the name given to compulsory military service. I am of a generation in which conscription was legal, during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war. Although women were not conscripted, so I did not have to go, many of my friends did. The whole idea of conscription is a very emotional one for many people, and although there are some good things about it, in my opinion the negatives far outweigh the positives. Think about how you would feel if you were 20 years old and had to go through the uncertainty of a 'lottery' draw in which you may or may not have the next two years of your life decided for you. You would be sent away from home, trained and then sent overseas to fight in a war you probably knew nothing about, and whether you agreed with the reasons for the war would be irrelevant- you'd have to fight anyway. Many Australian boys did not come home. Many Americans also. Many also fled their countries to avoid the draft. I worked in a veterans hospital as a volunteer and saw what war did to the boys who survived - both mentally and physically. No, people don't like conscription!
2006-11-25 18:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by ladybird 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
America was founded on the principle of freedom. Personal autonomy is essential to freedom and the American way. If no one could choose and everyone had to participate in the military, we wouldn't be free, and that's not the "America," people want to protect.
Some people hold political and religious beliefs that make it very hard for them to participate in the military, including: Martin Luther King, Ghandi, family members of immigrants from war torn countries, etc. If my grandmother died in a nuclear bomb in Hiroshima, I couldn't serve in the military.
2006-11-25 18:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Cynthia W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good luck evaluating the answers, this is a very subjective topic
In my opinion, every citizen of every country have to be prepared to defend his own land, or country, is just a matter of patriotism.
Now thing are changing, the world is becoming a global town, but the town has a lot of different neighborhoods, and is very complicated to handle.
Now things are going the religious way, if you notice statistics are saying that xx% of the people is this or that.
so as I told before good luck.
2006-11-25 18:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by jojojorge 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's links a website that gives reasons for not joining the military...they are all from the American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/resources/DYKETEbro2006-lg.pdf
http://www.afsc.org/resources/documents/10pts-english.pdf
http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/resources/draft-steps.pdf
http://www.afsc.org/youthmil/resources/poverty-draft.pdf
2006-11-26 01:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by sioballen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to wikipedia.com and type in: Conscientious objector. up pops up a ton of info on people that oppose military service and such. hope that helps!
2006-11-25 18:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by give it to me baby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who are forced to serve for their country will not work as hard as people who WANT to serve their country
2006-11-25 21:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by lalalalalala 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋