Subj : Re: House Bill
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 11:22:06

On 12 Jun 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > I never said he said he was draftable at 16. That's a straw man.
 MP> > What I said was that Ron said he remembers *having to register* when he 
 MP> > 16, and that is exactly what he said. You yourself just referred to this
 MP> > an "option." So did he or did he not *have to* register at 16?
 MP> "Option" in quotes.  The person who mentioned that it was an "option"
 MP> when they got their driver's license also pointed out that there was no
 MP> "option" to opt out.

Yep, apparently in some places registering at 16 is an option. But not a
requirement. No one "has to" register at 16.

 MP> So you either *had to* register at 16 when you got your license,
 MP> otherwise you *had to* find a place to do so (here, the post ofice) when
 MP> you were 18. You can call that a "option" or a "choice" but, unless you
 MP> don't make to 18 or the government did away with the requirement in
 MP> those two years it is not really one.

No one "has to" register when they're 16. They have the option of waiting
until they're 18.

The draft involves compulsory military service. People must serve when
called, whether they want to or not (with a few exceptions, such as crapping
their pants as Ted Nugent has admitted doing). When discussing the draft this
compulsory nature is never far from the surface.

Jeff.

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