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    ...If they want me out I'll happily leave, but in the meantime I'm happy being a drain on their resources...
    But if there was no conscription, you'd never be in this position. Wouldn't it make more sense to oppose conscription instead?
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    But if there was no conscription, you'd never be in this position. Wouldn't it make more sense to oppose conscription instead?
    I haven't killed anybody, it's not my own service I oppose.

    I quite enjoyed wasting other peoples money for year, the downside was the time spent with absolutely nothing to do.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    ...the downside was the time spent with absolutely nothing to do.
    That's a pretty hefty downside imho. Too big of a downside if you ask me.
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    That's a pretty hefty downside imho. Too big of a downside if you ask me.
    Meh, the barracks-disease gets everyone eventually, that doesn't mean it's not fun driving $100k vehicles into pieces without consequence.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Meh, the barracks-disease gets everyone eventually, that doesn't mean it's not fun driving $100k vehicles into pieces without consequence.
    Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
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    Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
    At the end of the day I'm not given a choice, it's something I'm obligated to do by the majority of my countrymen.

    I'm not going to lie to get out of that.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    At the end of the day I'm not given a choice, it's something I'm obligated to do by the majority of my countrymen.

    I'm not going to lie to get out of that.
    It was one year of your life, not mine. You spend it as you see fit.
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