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SleeplessinSoCal

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8. I mean a "kind" of draft. Not an actual draft.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 09:12 PM

Oct 2022

But a way to actually physically invest in the country that is under assault by White Supremacists.

I have a nephew in the army. Our tax dollars are paying for his training and education. The budget to maintain our national security is huge. But we are being destroyed from within by very bad people. Horrible Americans. Far worse than Benedict Arnold.

We cannot afford to do nothing.

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Should there be a kind of draft for the police nationwide? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2022 OP

No...this is a free country. Let's try to keep it that way. I am against forcing American outside Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #1

I mean a "kind" of draft. Not an actual draft. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2022 #8

The only thing where a draft should be considered Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #2

No, we have no right in a free country to force any public service. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #10

It would make law & order even more interesting, no doubt about it peppertree Oct 2022 #3

"When Marge first told me she was going to police academy, I thought it would be fun and exciting!" Initech Oct 2022 #7

That is a funny movie. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #11

No, but there should be more cops recruited and trained from where they will be working. brewens Oct 2022 #4

I agree. But that is hard to do. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #14

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Oct 2022 #16

Lol omg no. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #5

Oh dear. I'm going to go with a solid no. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #6

I don't want blanket "No's". I want ideas and solutions. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2022 #9

"No" is an idea. It's just not one you like, apparently. MineralMan Oct 2022 #17

Hell no. TheBeam19 Oct 2022 #12

....No! nt Tommy Carcetti Oct 2022 #13

Yes ... of course !! 100% of them should be people of color and only patrol MAGA neighborhoods .... uponit7771 Oct 2022 #15

Or, hear me out, we start cutting down on the police and the things we want them to do. Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2022 #18

I somewhat agree. Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #19