I coulda sworn you couldn't sign up until you were 18. But, I took a look at their recruiting site, and either we're both wrong or you're right: it said between the ages of 17-35.
Your landlord sounds like a scumbucket. Sorry 'bout that. I could kick him in the nuts if you wanted. $20 fee, though. ;)
I think anyone with a soul is against war in general. War sucks. People die. Very young people die, and they do so in horrible, screaming ways. It's possible, however, to understand war, be a principled person, and still think your nation should engage in war. I don't think we should go to war, for various reasons, but I'm willing to sit down and talk about it without beginning the discussion by saying "you, sir, are a coward."
I think the perception of Europe - any part of Europe - as an enlightened wonderland is kind of strange. Ditto for Canada. I think economies move in cycles, and that if we don't panic, we'll come out of the current recession just fine. A number of viable alternative energy technologies already exist and are functional. If oil disappears to the extent that filling your tank becomes more expensive than refitting it with a fuel cell or whatever, I think we'll just switch. In fact, I've sort of figured that's how it'll work for a long time. The oil will eventually become so rare that fuel cells or CNG become cheaper than anything else, and everyone will go "sign me up!"
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Your landlord sounds like a scumbucket. Sorry 'bout that. I could kick him in the nuts if you wanted. $20 fee, though. ;)
I think anyone with a soul is against war in general. War sucks. People die. Very young people die, and they do so in horrible, screaming ways. It's possible, however, to understand war, be a principled person, and still think your nation should engage in war. I don't think we should go to war, for various reasons, but I'm willing to sit down and talk about it without beginning the discussion by saying "you, sir, are a coward."
I think the perception of Europe - any part of Europe - as an enlightened wonderland is kind of strange. Ditto for Canada. I think economies move in cycles, and that if we don't panic, we'll come out of the current recession just fine. A number of viable alternative energy technologies already exist and are functional. If oil disappears to the extent that filling your tank becomes more expensive than refitting it with a fuel cell or whatever, I think we'll just switch. In fact, I've sort of figured that's how it'll work for a long time. The oil will eventually become so rare that fuel cells or CNG become cheaper than anything else, and everyone will go "sign me up!"
I guess I'm an optimist that way, though.