Weaver said:
Agreed. There is one subtle distinction though. It is a case of supporting a particular activity and then oblidging SOMEONE ELSE to support that activity on your behalf.
Rather like you deciding that you support teachers and then insisting that I become a teacher.
It is certainly true that a disproportiante number of working class kiddies get sent to fight wars which are disproportiately advocated by middle class parents. There is a movement in the US on the left to SUPPORT the idea of a draft as a means of ensuring that middle-class parents share the burden of war casualties.
It is pretty easy for parents in Rose Bay or Toorak to send kids from Parramatta and Dandenong to do their fighting for them. Might be a bit different if their were more Scotch College kids on the front line.
What a crock of sh*t Weaver.
Noone forced them to join, and you are insulting their intelligence by insinuating that they joined the army without considering the risk that they may actually have to fight a war one day.
And don't spout this bullsh*t that they are from poor undeucated families and had no other choice. There is plenty of work out there for people who are not bright enough to to be a lawyer, teacher (or whatever). In fact many people who are not suited to these professions are skilled in other areas making them suited to manual professions such as plumbers, mechanics etc.
If you did a survey on every soldier in the australian army asking them why they joined, i would be astounded if you found one person who would respond that they were forced into it by poverty.