Quote: Dave said: Your government should be allowed to put you in harms way and make you die?
Yes. If you don't have trust in what your government does. Then I repeat: leave.
Quote: But what if you didn't elect them? You voted for the losing party?
Aren't you then suffering from the tyranny of the majority?
If you feel the patriotic urge to serve your country, then, with all blessings, join up voluntarily. But don't make those who don't want to have to catch a bullet.
This statement is made with complete ignorance to the entirety of my former post:
Quote: Pariah said: If you're living in America and are knowingly declared as an American citizen, then yes. You should still be made to do so. As an American citizen, you elected the officials to who make these decisions, they were elected because they were going to make the right decisions in America's eyes. You can't bypass this by saying you as an individual do not stand for what the government does. We live in a democracy, a system from which the decisions to do things arise--A system that uses everyone's voice as a mouth piece. And you knew that from the start. You knew EXACTLY what would come from it; views you don't support, and views you do support. Regardless of either view, you're obligated to follow the country's orders. I don't see the conundrum when taking this into mind. if you don't like that system, then leave.
So no, you're not "suffering" from the "tyrrany" of majority, you're accesory to it's actions.
