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Alien Shooter 2 Conscription: A Fast Moving Sequel from Sigma Team'Alien Shooter 2 Conscription' offers a fast action game with tons of enemies, weapons, and easy game play. -
Why Freedom is Free and Rights Are Right: The Case Against Conscription, Compulsion, and ConfiscationConscription is murder. Compulsion is slavery. Confiscation is looting. Calling them anything else is just using glorified names. Freedom is free, and it cannot be gained or maintained through sacrifices of anybody's freedoms.
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Why Conscription Does Not Deter WarThis essay refutes the argument that the presence of universal military service in a country deters that country's involvement in future wars. Quite the contrary, conscription tends to magnify the kinds of conflicts in which a nation's troops become embroiled.
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The Successes of Volunteer Militaries and the Failures of ConscriptionThis essay demonstrates a direct correspondence between the volunteer nature of a country's military and its effectiveness on the battlefield, as well as a direct relationship between the presence of military conscription and extremely high wartime casualties.
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Daniel Webster on the Unconstitutional Evil of ConscriptionUsing as evidence the famous speech of Daniel Webster against conscription in 1814, G. Stolyarov II reveals the military draft for the unconstitutional evil that it is.
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Ethical Arguments for the Incompatibility of Conscription with a Free CountryThis essay uses the principles of individual rights, negative obligations, and market specialization to demonstrate how forced military service is incompatible with a truly free country; there is no true ethical or political obligation for a person to fight in a war.
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Obama Youth Brigades: Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act HR 1388Our lovely, power-hungry, Federal government is up to it again. The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or, H.R. 1388 is nothing short of forced conscription of our children...
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Cast No ShadowA young man receives his conscription notice and must face both his impending departure and his war veteran father's long shadow.
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Singapore Trivia: Singapore LawsEvery country is unique in its own way and Singapore is no different. Read on to find out more facts on 3 uniquely Singapore laws - toilet flushing, military conscription and car ownership. -
Cast No ShadowA young man receives his conscription notice and must face both his impending departure and his war veteran father's long shadow.
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Life, Living and Human Nature. Part 3Counseling topics covering the entire plethora of human behaviour. It'll help with your understanding of people. It answers some of life's difficult questions.
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A Clear and Present Danger: The First Amendment Vs. The Supreme CourtThe United States entered WWI in 1917 but was ill-prepared to meet the demands of a ready-made military base. The Conscription Act and the Espionage Act set the stage for the initial challenge to the First Amendment in front of the Supreme Court. -
June 5th Holidays and ObservancesOn June 5th, 1917, conscription for World War I began. In 1922 the man who started the Klondike Gold Rush died. And in 1895, William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, was born. -
Military Service as an Obligation to Statereview of conscription and its legitimacy in the current world. Focus is mainly on Europe and Israel as Military service is still mandatory. Fully referenced.
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Military Draft FAQSome frequently asked questions about the possibility of an imminent military draft.
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A Long Term Strategy is Needed in the Middle EastThe question of a long term strategy being needed is obvious, but not to everyone. -
Rangel Wants You: For the U.S. ArmyRepresentative Rangel wants to bring back conscription. While his intentions may be well-placed, replacing our all-volunteer force with draftees will have disastrous consequences. -
Ethical Arguments Against Conscription: Why the Draft is Equivalent to SlaveryDraft proponents sometimes argue that the military would create promising and simultaneously socially beneficial careers for many youths across the country. But this is not in fact the case, as the ethical status of such "careers" is equivalent to slavery.
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How to Measure Government OppressionMr. Stolyarov presents an innovative framework for measuring and ranking how oppressive governments are to their subjects.
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The History of Wall StreetThis article attempts to document the well known historical facts about Wall Street and explain the implications of it.
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A City Set Ablaze: Ethnic and Racial Conflict in Gangs of New YorkThis paper examines how Martin Scorsese's 2002 film Gangs of New York represents historical frictions between ethnic and racial groups in Civil War-era New York City.
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Assorted Exam-Style Questions on Compound Poisson Processes, Normal Approximations, Force of Mortality, and Multiple Forces of DecrementSection 62 of The Actuary's Free Study Guide for Exam 3L offers a review in the form of 5 exam-style questions of concepts such as compound Poisson processes, normal approximations, force of mortality, and multiple forces of decrement.
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Racial Prejudice Hurts in South AfricaMany people don't realize how much prejudice still prevails in the world today. The struggle against it will continue for many centuries to come. Prejudice will always be deeply-rooted within imperfect people.
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Guide to the Colorado 2008 Presidential Election BallotThe 2008 general election ballot in Colorado has 16 presidential candidates, the most in United States election history. Who are they, and what do they stand for?
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Cultural Studies in EducationW. E. B. Dubois wrote his most influential book concerning the conditions of the African-American population in American society in 1908.
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The Biblical Basis of Restorative Justice: Part 4This article discusses how the Bible's covenants relate to restorative justice.
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Doublespeak, Communication and SocietyIf the concept of linguistic relativity stands true, then can language be used as a weapon to manipulate the perceptions and behaviors of individuals and groups.
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The Origin of Money. Does Government Create It? Putting the Theory to the TestOne of the Four of them will be the government and the other three the tax payers. They decide on having a democracy with elections because they believe in the value of having "Leadership."
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How I Ended Up Working on the F4 Phantom JetsA pretty impressive fighter that had a long history of use. -
Gettysburg Address Celebrates 145th AnniversaryToday, November 19th, 2008, marks the 145th anniversary of The Gettysburg Address, as The Bulletin out of Philadelphia reports. -
How World War Two was a Direct Result of World War OneA look into how the unsatisfactory end to WWI saw the beginning of WWII.
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Eugene McCarthy: Minnesota Senator's Near Defeat of L.B.J. In N.H. Primary Caused His Withdrawal from the RaceU.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy was a Candidate for the 1968 Democratic Presidential Nomination -
A Lesson from the Cindy Sheehan EpisodeThe Existence Of A Warrior Class
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Economic Nonsense of Need for Public Works Projects to Improve EconomyThe forces in America that want to turn the US into a public works project economy have taken power and the consequences may turn out to be anywhere between absurd and a long term financial disaster.
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The Disappearance of the Role of Samurai During the Meiji RestorationThroughout much of recorded Japanese history, the samurai stands out as the prevailing image of Japanese honor and pride, yet the role of the samurai in Japanese society nearly vanished after the Meiji Restoration
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What Responsibility Does the World Bear for Rehabilitating Child Soldiers from the Horror of Serving in Armed Conflict?Personally, I do not think the deployment will succeed as Than Shwe will simply repeat history by tightening up his grip if he smells anything fishy against him.
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What a Week it Was... (01-11-08 Edition)A weekly recap of news stories that caught my eye, along with my thoughts on the issues.
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The Threat of Collectivism in Our TimeCollectivism is back with a vengeance, and its new home is not in the USSR or China. The new citadel of collectivism is the First World, as Western elites adopt ever more of the communitarian "it takes a village" attitude.
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The Best Self-Help is Free: Avoiding Futile EndeavorsChapter 19 of "The Best Self-Help is Free" explains the necessity of avoiding endeavors that are bound to fail no matter how hard one tries. Rather, an incremental approach to expanding one's abilities is preferable.
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Colombia: A Perpetual NightmareExamination of the history of corruption and drug trafficking in Colombia.
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