Ladies, Gentlemen, I confess it. I am guilty of cowardice. I will never serve in any nations' armed forces. So thus, without further ado, how will I dodge the draft in this day and age in America?
I doubt you have much to worry about.
We have better beer, and you won't be sent to your death at another man's whim. You pretty much can't lose.Originally Posted by Csar
Well, I'll give ya credit for not mincing words.
I'd say Canada, but I don't think it'll come to that; the public doesn't want a draft, the military doesn't want a draft, and the vast majority of politicians, save a few dillusioned fools, aren't even thinking about it.
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The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Too late to dodge the draft now, DemonArchangel!
I just hacked your account, read your personal information and registered you at the official USAF draft registration site.
Draft registration
There's no escaping your patriotic duty now...
If the Democrats get their way, there will be a draft. The Republican Senate voted against the draft proposed by the Democratic Senators and killed it in its tracks. The Democrats now have a majority in both house and senate and are planning to do exactly what they accused the Republicans of in 2004. Now that they have a majority, who will stop them?
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I suspect that was just politics rather than serious intent.
"Put 'em in blue coats, put 'em in red coats, the bastards will run all the same!"
"The English are a strange people....They came here in the morning, looked at the wall, walked over it, killed the garrison and returned to breakfast. What can withstand them?"
just say your gaypreparations for compulsory induction of the adult non-homosexual population
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DemonArchangel: you must be officially an "unhinged loon" (-3 morale)![]()
More seriously, I guess you've got yourself into what in Britain is known as a "reserved occupation". At a time when I was considering becoming a pharmacist its various plus-points included that reserved status ("get out of the war free") and a right to refuse jury service. Long story why I'm not a pharmacist after all, but I guess I'm a bit past it for call-up now, and I'd actually quite like to do jury service...
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Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pintenOriginally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
Down with dried flowers!
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Hmm...
-drink one teaspoon of iodine
-cut off a non-vital body part
-show up high
-get arrested
-live with eastern outlander Christians
-RETURN THE THRONE OF MANSIE FLESH TO THE WOODSIE ONE!!!
-hand out anti-draft propaganda leaflets... and get arrested
-deify yourself
-deify someone else
-go crazy nuts
-go crazy nuts in a Wal-Mart with a machete
-become inexcusably rich
-... more to come...
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Depending on how many people the draft covers, it can be easy or not to escape it. Say if it's 50% draft, you only have to be worse than half of your friends to escape it. That doesn't require much, and you can always do a bit of acting. Or you can just say you're pacifist and say they'll throw away money if they give you the education. They might put you in jail for a little while, or preferably they realize that it's for their own best to not have a coward or a pacifist (if that is true) in their army... However if it's a 100% draft then trying to escape isn't really a good idea...
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"In countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Norway, there is no separation of church and state." - HoreTore
Stay in school
Move to Canada
If you were born in another nation change your citizenship. Only works if you are under 21 however.
Fill a consience (SP) objector status on your draft card, you might want to become a Quaker before filling this one out though to give it creditablity.
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O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean
By the way, I must add this below since I don't have edit button:Originally Posted by LegioXXXUlpiaVictrix
I don't know whether cheating the tests is illegal or not everywhere, but I don't think it's illegal (sorry if I said something unallowed, I don't know the laws of the entire world by heart).
However, what I know for sure is that it's illegal to refuse service IF once they've assigned you to one. What I meant with "do blah and you get short jail term" isn't a promotion of illegal activity, but that I wanted to explain that they sometimes like to trick people to do illegal stuff so they can put them in jail. It's happened friends of mine (not in the USA) that they get sadistic when they hear you're pacifist or say you're coward, and put you in some service you aren't physically fit for as a "punishment", then you MUST refuse because you CAN'T survive the service, and they'll then have made you do something that they're authorised to put you in jail for. Same with cheating the tests (to get lower score than you really have) - it might trigger the same kind of reprisals.
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-RETURN THE THRONE OF MANSIE FLESH TO THE WOODSIE ONE!!!
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I'm gonna say that you are a Thief player. lol
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do the democrats want a draft? I thought they were the party that was against such things and wants to pull out of Iraq!
I support Israel
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There won’t be a draft unless our soil is threatened, big time. Any talk of one is just politicking.![]()
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There is no draft in the United States at this time. There is a Selective Service Registration requirement when one turns 18. Politicans are discussing a draft possiblity but it is seemly just a politic discussion issue at this time.Originally Posted by Kääpäkorven Konsuli
If the draft is the defining base for thinking the United States is a civilized country - you may continue thinking that way - since once again there is no draft currently in this nation.I thougth it was a civiliced country.![]()
But you can always come visit Eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and a few other places and we can probably convince you that we are still not civilized. That or just watch Jerry Springer.
O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean
*gulp* and when might the soil of the USA be threatened?Originally Posted by yesdachi
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Erosion, he he he.Originally Posted by diablodelmar
Probably not until the aliens arrive.
what are chu looking at me for?
No, no not you... You.
What? I am just here to do the work you lazy humans wont do.
Peace in Europe will never stay, because I play Medieval II Total War every day. ~YesDachi
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Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pintenOriginally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
Down with dried flowers!
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Don't Hispanic immigrants compose a significant part of the US military?Originally Posted by yesdachi
Wait... wth? Legio???!!
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Be so dangerous with a gun you're not trusted? My Grandad got sent to northern Scotland in WW2 due to that. Go being dispraxic.
I don't know why it's such a big deal to serve your nation, but I say go to Canada
Maybe some people don't think that killing, getting killed, getting hurt, or watching their buddies get blown to bits is worth an effort that they do not believe in? Not counting traitors, or course.Originally Posted by {BHC}KingWarman888
Just a thought...
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Better hope you're divine then.Originally Posted by Csar
I tend to agree with Warman (oh God...) on this issue though.
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