http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/12/steven-levitt-and-freakonomics-can-go-to-hell/ The ways law rules creative endeavors and the ways law itself is a creative endeavor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/12/steven-levitt-and-freakonomics-can-go-to-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 David Allsebrook Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:26:18 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/12/steven-levitt-and-freakonomics-can-go-to-hell/#comment-3053 The fewer people involved in waging an overseas war and suffering its consequences,the easier it is for a government to start and continue it. Sure it raises taxes and affects international relations,but these are abstracts to most citizens. If there were a fairly conducted draft, with no exemptions except for health or humanitarian reasons, and covering all genders and orientations up to age, say 45, then the war would touch every family more closely. The public interest in fighting it would be much more vocally discussed. The prospect of dying is said to focus the mind wonderfully. The fewer people involved in waging an overseas war and suffering its consequences,the easier it is for a government to start and continue it. Sure it raises taxes and affects international relations,but these are abstracts to most citizens.
If there were a fairly conducted draft, with no exemptions except for health or humanitarian reasons, and covering all genders and orientations up to age, say 45, then the war would touch every family more closely. The public interest in fighting it would be much more vocally discussed. The prospect of dying is said to focus the mind wonderfully.

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