Re:Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws
by int_19h on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:39AM
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There was a lot of talk about conscription being gone in Europe, up until 2014.
Then that whole Crimea thing happened.
Since then, no European country had dropped conscription, and several have re-instituted it.
The West is not uniform. Some parts of it are far enough from serious threats that they don't need conscription. But this is only possible because there are other countries to serve as a buffer, and they generally do have conscription.
(Well, or you're on a different continent entirely, and that is your primary defense.)
Then that whole Crimea thing happened.
Since then, no European country had dropped conscription, and several have re-instituted it.
The West is not uniform. Some parts of it are far enough from serious threats that they don't need conscription. But this is only possible because there are other countries to serve as a buffer, and they generally do have conscription.
(Well, or you're on a different continent entirely, and that is your primary defense.)