Would you die for your country?

[Xylitol]

Guns don't kill people
I kill people

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
No, I have a wife and son to take care of. Besides, I'm too old. They wouldn't take me.

Some people say-I've heard talk-that married men should not go (to war). Because of their families. But this involves contradiction, a fatal one. The family man dare not hang back and expect the bachelor to do his fighting for him. It is manifestly unfair for me to expect a bachelor to die for my children if I am unwilling to die for them myself. Enough of that attitude on the part of married men and the bachelor will refuse to fight if the married man stays safe at home...and the republic is doomed. The barbarian will walk in unopposed.

- Robert A. Heinlein

interesting quote....

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
No, I have a wife and son to take care of. Besides, I'm too old. They wouldn't take me.

Some people say-I've heard talk-that married men should not go (to war). Because of their families. But this involves contradiction, a fatal one. The family man dare not hang back and expect the bachelor to do his fighting for him. It is manifestly unfair for me to expect a bachelor to die for my children if I am unwilling to die for them myself. Enough of that attitude on the part of married men and the bachelor will refuse to fight if the married man stays safe at home...and the republic is doomed. The barbarian will walk in unopposed.

- Robert A. Heinlein

Excellent point. Still, the military wouldn't take me because of my age.