Comments on: Repercussions http://www.woodka.com/2006/11/09/repercussions/ “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Steve http://www.woodka.com/2006/11/09/repercussions/comment-page-1/#comment-39334 Steve Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:45:29 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/11/09/repercussions/#comment-39334 Even worse, if they see it through to the end and finish their assignment, the system does not always work for them. Or if they are disabled, they may lose a life's worth of work but be barely compensated for that. This is is barbarity, madness. It's amazing; personally I am a pacifist and I feel very uncomfortable about thw whole military force thing. Many of the people who are attracted by the military make me feel a little uneasy. But if we are to survive as a civil society we must have and enforce a fair social contract; and this is just one of the many areas where the Republicans have failed miserably with that idea. Even worse, if they see it through to the end and finish their assignment, the system does not always work for them. Or if they are disabled, they may lose a life’s worth of work but be barely compensated for that. This is is barbarity, madness.

It’s amazing; personally I am a pacifist and I feel very uncomfortable about thw whole military force thing. Many of the people who are attracted by the military make me feel a little uneasy. But if we are to survive as a civil society we must have and enforce a fair social contract; and this is just one of the many areas where the Republicans have failed miserably with that idea.

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