No, I have 3 sons.....

yeah..my bad with my math...

did you have to go?

I don't buy that. How hard can it be? You just find the most uncomfortable chair in any room and you sit on it.

Whether it's been occupied concurrently by the pope or not.

I was on a guided missile cruiser in the Gulf

if you're gonna have to fight a war, the way to do it is 600 miles off shore in a air conditioned cruiser. Mostly we ran air traffic control when the AWACS broke down , which was most of the time

the only Iraqi fighter jets we saw were hauling azz to Iran to keep from facing American planes

You can toss it, but you have to register if you want any kind of welfare or "government assistance".

Your funny.A lady is wanting help with her grown children's future) While helping you out.Classic you are

when your a single mom raising boys and EVERYONE is telling you what you are doing wrong and how to do it...and ya tell tell them to "bite me" they are my kids and I'll do what I want...no wux it isn't easy

I don't get any government assistance..never have, never will

yeah, if ya gotta do that would be the way I suppose...at least ya had air
conditioning.

Check out Conciencious Objector.

I believe if you register that way they will never see combat if a draft is enacted.

no you can't just toss it.he has to register no matter what.i can't get in because of my diabetes but i had to register


although i lost my wallet that had my draft card in it but i'm still registered

If he doesn't register it WILL come back to haunt him. He wouldn't be eligible for Pell Grants for college puld a mjriad of othe governmental assistanfe in the future,

BTW: The draft was found unconstitutional. So the liklet hood that is number ia picked is slim to non,

Unless he is a minor, a court assigned dependent adult, or you have a notariazed Power of Attorney stateing you have the right to open his mail doing so and making decisions about it is actually against the law and subjects you to sanctions.

The previous post saying basically that ignorance of the law is no defense from the law is very true and expensive if you find your self in the position of being accused of breaking a law.

Not registering for selective service on time has a host of penalties public and private. The worst probably trying to correct the error once you find how punative the consequences are. Anything you do with the government is slow and complicated but undoing it is worse. And expensive.

Do I support the selective service registration? No. I see it as sexist, and discriminatory, and the worst way to find qualified troops to defend our freedom but if we are to have birth rights in this country then I think we also have responsibilities and until we have something better we are stuck with it.

While it is fine to make a politiacal statement with your own life and freedom IMHO I don't think having a child entitles you to make that decision for them.

While I haven't researched the the consequences I would not be surprised to find that the Patriot Act could bring certain consequences to bear in this issue.

If nothing else than to put you on a watch list is probably not worth the hassle of this "rebellion". Say you do want to travel or get find out you NEED public assistance at some time in the future you may not want to burn some bridges. The old story of it "ain't over until it is over" you might need those "helps" especially in your old age.

Although I could be wrong, I believe they dropped this clause several years ago. I know they were discussing doing so.

It matters not..I have 3 sons..2 are over 18 now.

to claim concientious objector, you have to be able to prove that you live your life accordingly to this belief. And trust me, it is very hard to prove that yuo do not and are unwilling to fight, do to your beliefs.

I have always and have taught my sons to live this belief... we do live it.

We are pacifists...

i had a cousin that had 3 sons were enlisted during the Gulf War and she was told "pick one son to stay back in the U.S,of course she said "if i can only choose 1,than you might as well send all 3 because i can't choose just 1!"

so they sent all 3.1 got minor injuries and was sent back home but they all 3 made it home alive luckily

or the gulf war, your cousin should not have been told to choose, as the army was (and still is) a completely volunteer army. Your cousins all volunteered to service, and thus gave up any rights for one of them to stay home. Even back when this was a normal option, the last relative was able to volunteer if he chose to do so, giving up that option. And as a side note, it was normally not a question of who stayed back, it was the youngest son.