Believe it or not, yours truly was at one time a card-carrying member of PETA and a vegan. I am certainly glad I came to my senses years and years ago or I would have been even more upset when I read this!
US Representative, Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is at it again. Rangel's prescription for fixing the ills we're feeling in Iraq is a draft . I have very mixed feelings about this. Conscription is conscription no matter what you choose to label it. Is that appropriate in a free country? On the flip side of this coin, I've often thought that compulsory national service would be a great idea for American kids right out of high school. It might have been a better start for me than learning to down beer at a Liberal Arts university! Two years in the service might give kids time to think about their future, learn higher levels of responsibility, and begin to take life more seriously. There are many countries who require some level of mandatory military service: Belarus, Chile, China, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Iran, Lebanon, our neighbor Mexico, and our old buddy Germany, to name a few. Gee, now that I look at that partial list... aren't many of those countries Socialist or at battl...
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Even back in the day though, they seemed a little fringe and militant to me and I decided I didn't want my name affiliated with them in any way.
PETA is a great idea but it's just been taken over by loons more concerned with power and opposing ideals they don't like than with protecting any animals.
Very sad.
Dawn