Does the milatary have the right to recurit underage

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10-03-2005, 19:21
Steppe Merc

Re: Does the milatary have the right to recurit underage

No. I'm sick and tired of the military trying to make it seem cool with all of their damn comericials, trying to drag in folks my age.
10-03-2005, 19:40
Red Harvest

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Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny

So out with the police also then?

Must be some sort of screwed up Police in your neck of the woods. Killing people isn't the goal of law enforcement anywhere else in the U.S.
10-03-2005, 20:44
Redleg

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Originally Posted by Steppe Merc

No. I'm sick and tired of the military trying to make it seem cool with all of their damn comericials, trying to drag in folks my age.

The United States Military no longer uses Press Gangs to drag people into the military. Your stuck in the wrong time period.

LOL
10-03-2005, 20:56
Divinus Arma

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Originally Posted by BDC

Wow that sucks. Hey lads, take that ridge and I'll give you all a drink... Except you, you can have lemonade.

Britain's 18 limit is much better. Off to the pub later... Hehe.

Agreed! The 18 kill and die / 21 no booze contradiction is completely ludicrous and insulting.

Hey if they want recruitment up, they can always have a military drinking age exemption! After all, these guys are far more disciplined on average then the run-of-the-mill 18 yr old.

Of course, I think it should be 18 for everything anyway regardless of service, so what the hell.
10-03-2005, 20:58
Divinus Arma

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Originally Posted by Dâriûsh

Depends on the police, I guess. I must however add that in my experience, military and police are oppressors, not protectors.

This is only in backwards third-world countries. Like yours.:laugh:
10-03-2005, 21:22
Dâriûsh

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

This is only in backwards third-world countries. Like yours.:laugh:

If you had seem them beat a guy half to death for being a fortune teller, you wouldn’t be laughing.
10-03-2005, 21:35
solypsist

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calling kids and asking if they'd like to join the miliary when they grow up is not illegal.
10-03-2005, 21:36
Divinus Arma

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Originally Posted by Dâriûsh

If you had seem them beat a guy half to death for being a fortune teller, you wouldn’t be laughing.

Wow. I guess you really do live in a backwards third-world country. I was just trying to be nice by putting a laughy face there.

Educate yourself and emigrate yourself.:book: :charge:

Get the hell out of your fascist-disguised-as-religious state!
10-03-2005, 21:38
Geoffrey S

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

This is only in backwards third-world countries. Like yours.:laugh:

Friendly.
10-03-2005, 21:41
Dâriûsh

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

Wow. I guess you really do live in a backwards third-world country. I was just trying to be nice by putting a laughy face there.

Educate yourself and emigrate yourself.:book: :charge:

I did. I'm in exile. ~;)
10-03-2005, 21:44
Geoffrey S

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OT: Out of curiosity, in which country do you live now?
10-03-2005, 23:28
PanzerJaeger

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There is nothing wrong with calling a minor, or putting up a booth, or any other way of advertising the military lifestyle to children. It is ultimately their decision to join when they come of an age where they are mature enough to consider all alternatives.
10-03-2005, 23:30
Steppe Merc

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Originally Posted by Redleg

The United States Military no longer uses Press Gangs to drag people into the military. Your stuck in the wrong time period.

LOL

To me, the commericials all seem to make it cool. Theirs a guy going all around the world, they apeal to people that can't afford college, they try and the vibe I get is that their trying to make it seem cool. Not about protecting your family, but that it's cool.
I get quite disgusted and angry when I see them in my school, giving tee shirts. They are trying to get my friends, people I care about, killed.

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Hey if they want recruitment up, they can always have a military drinking age exemption! After all, these guys are far more disciplined on average then the run-of-the-mill 18 yr old.

But the run of the mill 18 year old is not armed with a big gun, and allowed to kill people.
10-04-2005, 00:37
Redleg

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Originally Posted by Steppe Merc

To me, the commericials all seem to make it cool. Theirs a guy going all around the world, they apeal to people that can't afford college, they try and the vibe I get is that their trying to make it seem cool. Not about protecting your family, but that it's cool.
I get quite disgusted and angry when I see them in my school, giving tee shirts. They are trying to get my friends, people I care about, killed.

Again stuck in the wrong time period - you should wrap yourself back to 1970-1973.

The recuriter is not out trying to get your friends killed - that is such a load of emotional appeal garbage that its really only something to ridicule not have a logical discussion about.

So let the ridicule begin.

So are you attempting to say by default that all of us who served in the military are out to get ourselves killed because we are or were suicidial. Or lets really spin it a tad and say this - are you trying to say that only those who want to kill other human beings join the military because we are all sick little bastards who have nothing better to do with our lives.

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But the run of the mill 18 year old is not armed with a big gun, and allowed to kill people.

Yes indeed to join the military does require a few qualifications that some just don't have.
10-04-2005, 00:42
Del Arroyo

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

Wow. I guess you really do live in a backwards third-world country. I was just trying to be nice by putting a laughy face there.

Educate yourself and emigrate yourself.:book: :charge:

Get the hell out of your fascist-disguised-as-religious state!

You see, this is why I have somewhat mixed predictions for Divinus Arma's stated desire to emigrate and see the world...

DA
10-04-2005, 01:09
Kaiser of Arabia

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The military should be the state, and the state the military. Of course they do.
10-04-2005, 04:56
Soulforged

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Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

Wow. I guess you really do live in a backwards third-world country. I was just trying to be nice by putting a laughy face there.

Educate yourself and emigrate yourself.:book: :charge:

Get the hell out of your fascist-disguised-as-religious state!

Sorry Divinus but I think you're wrong. You don't need to live in a third-world country to experience that, or are you gonna say me that in your "world" that doesn't happen? The police and the military have, between other functions, the principal and predominant function of cohercion wheter this is ideal or material, when it's effectivelly used. So no country is free of this. It may reflect more in third world countries because they don't respect the laws in general, not just the opressive organs, but the society in general too.

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