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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by vidarh on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:25PM (#13777837)
Being willing to fight for something is orthogonal to being forced to fight for something under threat of prison.

Most of those who kept up the fight for Norways freedom from German occupation under World War II, for example, were not military conscripts - the military surrendered quickly - but civilians who formed resistance groups.

The idea that you need to be willing to let yourself be coerced into slavery to prove your willingness to fight is deeply offensive to me.

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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by coldtea on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:51AM (#13781383)
>The idea that you need to be willing to let yourself be coerced into slavery to prove your willingness to fight is deeply offensive to me.

Well, the idea that service to your country is considered slavery and not a duty is offensive to others.

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Re:Sweden brings back military conscription by vidarh on Friday March 03, 2017 @09:23AM (#13782970)
Good. I certainly would hope to offend people who cheer on that kind of oppression, as to me they are morally little better than the slave drivers they cheer on.
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