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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by harryh on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:15PM (#9598336)
It drove home what for you exactly? The fact that your mom was irrationally worried about something that was never going to happen?

No one in the US has been drafted in over 40 years.

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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by bryanlarsen on Monday May 25, 2015 @02:41PM (#9601149)
The last time it happened, people my mother's age were the ones being drafted. It really looked like a flashback experience.

And if you want to insult my mother, please do it to my face. Thanks.

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