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The draft is evil, immoral and illegal. Consider Section 1 of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
The draft is, ipso facto, involuntary servitude.
But even if there were no Thirteenth Amendment, it would still be immoral, and it would fly, even as it does now, directly in the face of American ideals of the free society. “[A]ll men are created equal,” states the Declaration of Independence, “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When a person is impressed into service, whether it be slavery, military conscription, or any other such thing, that person’s life and liberty are severely restricted. So also is that individual’s capacity to pursue happiness. Thus, such an institution, when it is not done as a punishment for crime, is inherently un-American and contrary to the very principles our free society is founded on.
“But how will we fight wars?” some may ask. I reply: If you cannot get your people to fight your war, then your war is not worth fighting.
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