Friday, April 29, 2005
I win the internet!
An opt-in policy for military recruitment. I've mentioned before how silly such a policy is. Opting into recruitment is like scheduling a walk-in appointment in ways that I don't care to elaborate.
Coplan added that he thought Berkeley's system was "a better use of time for the military recruiters themselves. It means they don't have to waste their time with students who don't want to be contacted."
Actually, they don't have to waste their time with students whose parents don't want to be contacted. Since the whole thing is whining about how parents are too inattentive to opt-out, you might wonder why no one raises the issue of parents who are too inattentive to opt-in. Aren't their rights being trampled? After all, you can always say "NO" to a military recruiter, but you can't say "YES" if no one asks. If your kids are too stupid to say no to military recruitment when it's bad for them, the military is probably the best choice they have.
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