tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post3392024737809676228..comments2023-10-05T07:11:05.917-04:00Comments on Art at the Auction: Combat Zones and Womenpetplutohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-65748273168333230552008-10-14T10:04:00.000-04:002008-10-14T10:04:00.000-04:00I think you're partially right; but I think the ov...I think you're partially right; but I think the overall push for war comes not from the poor (both, at times, in luck and in monetary considerations) people who get conscripted to fight but from the people higher up the chain.<BR/><BR/>I do think having women register for the draft will, even if only in the short term, make it that much more unlikely that the draft is ever reinstated because people who run the military would be loathe to send women in combat zones. But I think women have always protested wars, and been ignored at the same rate men who protest wars have been. Plenty of women flooded the streets in protest of Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>What we need are less jingoistic (and perhaps they are women, but regardless we need more of them too!) people in the high places who initially decide on a trajectory. Because those who aren't Fortunate Sons (and now Fortunate Daughters) never really get the opportunity to truly make a decision about the matters their lives are laid down for.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-75512387232523928072008-10-14T09:16:00.000-04:002008-10-14T09:16:00.000-04:00I think that one of the most effective ways to pre...I think that one of the most effective ways to prevent another draft is to require women to register for it as well as men. Maybe it's a generalization, but I'm willing to bet there are fewer female jingoes than male ones, and the rest would be inclined to push for other alternatives to war when they know they might be forced to fight for a war they don't agree with.<BR/><BR/>As for how it would work, Rick Veitch put out an interesting comic called Army@Love which imagines a coed armed forces that has embraced the web2.0 generation and marketed to the 18-24 crowd the way consumer products and services are marketed. <A HREF="http://www.comixology.com/articles/67/Make-Love-AND-War" REL="nofollow">Read about it here.</A>Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569180426066178711noreply@blogger.com