Show To Draft Or Not To Draft by Richard Burnham President Carter proposed a reinstatement of registration of the draft This reinstatement would not only include men this time but women as well The age group to register would be in inthe inthe inthe the range of 18 to 26 years old Many students at fit into this group that would have to register thus concerning many of us I have interviewed several different individuals for their opinions Some of them men and some of them women all under 26 years old Most of the women were against being drafted However the ones for women being drafted had some interesting statements If men have to go and fight and put their lives on the line then why shouldn't women After all men deserve just as many rights as women Why should we be discriminated against Surprisingly only about half were against the registration But when the concept of actually being drafted was brought up three-quarters three were against it Statements were We Ve need to be registered just in case of war so that we will be ready against Russia Registration is against my rights of freedom Registration is a form of numbering and j dehumanizing us 1 When actually faced with being drafted statements changed We do not need another Viet Nam War If we are drafted it will probably be to go to the Mid Most of 1 them said they did not want another war In summarizing 95 were against war 80 against women being drafted 52 against registration and 78 against the draft in full |