Question:
Voting was not a reward for Federal Service.
How does that make voting not a reward for Federal Service?
Answer:
-The theory in hazing is to see how much you want it, the theory for
Federal Service is to see if you have what it takes to do the job (on a
tangent, lots of military "hazing" isn't, it's job qualification
testing; can this person take the pain and keep on going, or is he going
to stub his toe in the field and bail).
Voting is not a reward, it is a duty -- Federal Service is intended to
make sure that only those qualified to perform that duty are loaded with
that responsibility.
- Implied no such thing. What I implied is that inflicting suffering on people
doing Federal Service who were NOT soldiers was necessary because having large numbers
of people doing Federal Service to avoid being second class citizens would be a very
expensive and difficult proposition. I never addressed the rationale behind Federal
Service as a whole, just the practical difficulties of making up work for all those
unfit or un-needed for a military role and the consequent need to discourage people from
volunteering. I grasped the point of Federal Service That point simply happens to be
largely irrelevant to the point I was making.
And no, I don't think that without a substantial downside to Federal Service that most
people wouldn't do it. After all, it's a guaranteed job for two years, would be a big
edge on your resume afterward, and would be important to ones self image as an equal
participant. It's not just about the act of voting.
