badgenome on 24 December 2014
| Screamapillar said: To be fair, there hasn't been a draft since The Vietman Police Action (War). It's not as if we're (US male citizens over the age of 18) scared to open our mail, worried that at any moment we'll be called into service. We'll have plenty of warning, and plenty of notice if and when that ever does occur. (Hopefully never). |
That's true, of course, but I don't think anyone is arguing that that's the case. It's that men (and only men) have to register for this largely hypothetical draft in order to be able exercise the right to vote, etc., and face a not-so-hypothetical prison sentence and huge fine if they fail to do so. If the first interaction an adult female had with the federal government was being told that the government essentially owns her but don't worry your pretty little head over it because we probably won't exercise our right of ownership, the cries of "Patriarchy!!!" would be defeaning.
