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code_archeologist t1_j1vvxk6 wrote

Reply to comment by VegetableTechnology2 in Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year amid China tensions - National | Globalnews.ca by NSDetector_Guy

Well, that is not what I said.

And I am not feeling like debating the minutiae of Rousseau and the trade offs that are made of personal liberties for the benefits of communal society. First because that is not within the scope of what I was suggesting, and second because the nuance of the social contract I feel might be lost on your misguided moral absolutism.

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VegetableTechnology2 t1_j1vwwp8 wrote

Then enlighten me and explain what you said that I misunderstood/didn't answer.

I'm not a moral absolutist but there are limits to what society should expect from you. Arguing that having forced compulsury service for a year against the will of those forced, is not involuntary servitude is bizarre to me.

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