More on the Lack of Student Protest
posted by Granny @ 6/02/2006 12:57:00 AM
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2 Comments:
At Friday, June 02, 2006 7:33:00 AM ,
Sothis said...
Students in the U.S., for the most part, are happy having their PSPs, music videos, and Internet. There is a lot more to distract than when I was a teen 20 years ago. Plus, they (currently) have no draft to contend with. In the 70s, teens saw Viet Nam up close and personal. None of that daily gore to see nowadays, all the networks in the States keep it nicely sanitized for Mr. & Mrs. America so as not to give the kiddies nightmares. If you see the real horror of it, and your ass may be next to be called up in the draft, you have a stake in stopping it. Not now. It is someone else (usually some poor kid whoose only option is the military--my husband says that the U.S. has an economic draft in place and I agree with him) who comes home in a body bag. Reinistate the draft and watch the protest start. Sad, but the majority of Americans don't give a rat's backside until it's their butt on the line.
At Friday, June 02, 2006 7:36:00 AM ,
Sothis said...
Just read the previous post--I guess great minds think alike ;)
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