RadioBanter - View Single Post

December 27th 04, 01:49 PM

Subject: Mode/Band Use in 1961
From: PAMNO (N2EY)
Date: 12/27/2004 6:30 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

In article ,
(Steve
Robeson K4YZ) writes:

I think every able bodied (and that is far more liberal these
days,
all things considered...) should be REQUIRED to put in 2 years of
mandatory
public service...

I don't think *anyone* should be *required* to serve in any capacity.
That's
involuntary servitude AFAIC.

Jim...Ain't it a kick in the butt that one of the most liberal societies
in
the world, specifically Switzerland, has mandatory MILITARY training for all
able bodied men, yet no one considers it "involuntary servitude"...?!?!

Interesting observation, but consider this:

- Is Switzerland really "one of the most liberal societies in the world"?
I've
known a Swiss expatriate or two, and the reason given for leaving was that
the
place was highly *conservative*. That's just hearsay, of course, and I've
never
been there, but the clear impression I was given was that it was a place
where
everybody was expected to behave in accordance with very strict and narrow
customs and traditions.

Ever hear of "Needle Park"...???

Steve, K4YZ