civilian v. citizen

Most of the country (and world) agrees with you @aiva

@RobertGrulerEsq, you just advanced to level 6!

@Whithers if the military was just for defense I might agree with you

You automatically become a citizen if you join the military.

@aiva Not all uniform services are military. There is also the health dept. and NOAA.

@Whithers I'd modify it to include some form of civil service, like a form of USAID coast guard etc

merchant marines

Doctors?

Not join a uniform service, successfully complete a tour of duty.

Or be a land-owner that is not a woman as originally intended. 😉

well if taxation implies representation then logically no representation implies no taxation BUT no taxation does not necessarily imply no representation ... maybe I should move to Puerto Rico like Peter Schiff?

@TaLoN132 I was quoting Socrates. He didnt care about land. Just levels of insight.

I would restructure the military also. 3 armed branches: Intel, Navy, Marines, and 3 not armed: Medical, Science, and Conservation.

well, not quoting...but...referencing.

@meglide doesn't sound like a bad idea!

I would make bad things illegal

and good things legal

Leave it to you Europeans to go all brainy on us...

I know people who go their whole career without completing a tour of duty

i know people who go their whole career partying in yongsan

@meglide We tried that no taxation thing. The govt. went bankrupt because no one wanted to pay for it.

We have been dealing with the demand for free stuff since 1776.

@TaLoN132 If that was true Europe would not be in such a sorry state.

anyone play chess?

I know a lot of brainy people that lack commonsense... If I were brainy that might be me.

Love Chess

@Jorgen Johnson, you just advanced to level 2!

@Doc That is assuming brains actually mean efficacy.

i just started last week

up to 800 on chess.com but starting to hit a wall

@TaLoN132 My mother always insisted common sense is only learned when you really screw something up.

all Generals in the army should be required to learn chess

Wise woman...

@Whithers wisdom v. intelligence

Most generals in the army know chess.

why dont generals learn go instead?

lol

@ImNotGas 10 internet point. Chess is too rigid to transfer to the battlefield. Go isnt.

@Doc, you just advanced to level 15!

I think since combat is now 3 d. We need something more complicated than chess.