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Originally posted by cthulu23
I think that most people would consider 18 - 20 year olds as still a "kid," if not an actual child. It is the young men of a society that always bear the brunt of military action. To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, all wars are a children's crusade.
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I guess part of it is that I'm 21, but when I hear "would you sacrifice your children" I get images of sending toddlers off to be shot. No matter how people view them, in the eyes of the law 18 year-olds are legal adults. They are considered to be of an age that can make decisions. Since no parent can legally force their child into military service, I have a lot of trouble with Moore's rhetoric.