Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Now is the time for all good men... Message-ID: <419@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 14:09:33 EDT Article-I.D.: mtxinu.419 Posted: Mon Jun 24 14:09:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 02:40:10 EDT References: <704@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 22 In article <704@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Beth Christy) writes: >> ... However, I noted with an extreme >>degree of irritation how many congressMEN made the blatantly sexist remark, >>"obviously no one feels women should have to go into combat;" and even more, >>I noted that no women I knew challenged this statement. They generally >>agreed with it. > >Well, you didn't meet me soon enough. If there has to be a draft I don't >see any reason why women shouldn't participate in it. And if people have to >go into combat, *and* if women can meet the physical demands, I'm not at all >sure why women are exempt from it. I agree that women should'nt be drafted into the armed forces. That's *one* of the reasons I support the ERA. Equality works both ways. I don't think men should be drafted, either. On the other hand, if men *are* going to be drafted, then women should be, too. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 "A man of quality is not threatned by a woman of equality."