Are we too "enlightened" for a draft?

[m-jean03]

Wait, don't laugh, not yet.

But isn't the draft, like.. very "middle ages"? Like segregation, and the degree of sexism that existed back then? (My mom came of age in the 60s and she says, all girls could really aspire to be were nurses and teachers.) Regarding the draft, didn't the Vietnam era change things, make it kind of a permanent symbol of horror in the national consciousness? Am I thinking wishfully?

Despite the degree of misinformation and outright criminal behavior in this age, I can't help but feel the era is just too enlightened, we are too attached to personal freedom, for a draft too happen again.

I know this topic has been done to death, but another thread brought it up, so I wanted to ask this question.