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US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

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Re: US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

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Post by srean »

orwin wrote: post #58
srean wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just endurance sports. Anecdotal evidence, but female rock climbers have been more skilled in my experience. Perhaps because the brute force escape hatch isn't as available.

Rock climbing is pretty weird. At the top level, it is clear male athletes have most advantages: height, and shoulder strength, that make routes designed for male very hard to compete on for most female athlete. On the other hand, routes set for female athlete are also very hard for males to compete on. Some of them you can bruteforce (with strenght a la Janja, or with size), but some of them male joints just can't h…

Would agree.

There's another thing that's a little odd. Tall men rock climbers tends to do better, but among women, it's the smaller ones who seem to be better.

Re: US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

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Post by toast0 »

jinushaun wrote: post #60
toast0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Draft registration is compulsory based on residency; registering someone in error has no consequences unless there is a draft, which seems unlikely (no draft since Vietnam, large differences in how the US carries out war since then). In the event of erroneous registration when there is an active draft, past procedure was to allow time to reply and object, including through court process, so an erroneous registration…

But none of those reasons are technical limitations. They are political. The “system” knows who can vote, even if there might not be a unified system currently to automatically validate that. Same with taxes. These things can be automatically reported at the time of purchase.

> These things can be automatically reported at the time of purchase.

Eh, not really. In my previous house, I redid the master bath twice (because the first contractor did a bad job). They both qualified to increase my cost basis when they were done, but the first time no longer qualified after the second... That's theoretically trackable through some seriously invasive purchase recording, but realistically, not so much.

Citizenship is also trickier than it sounds. There's no full and complete register of US citizens to compare with. Better to have someone declare they are, and jail them if they vote and it turns out they aren't.

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Post by apothegm »

srean wrote: post #61
orwin wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rock climbing is pretty weird. At the top level, it is clear male athletes have most advantages: height, and shoulder strength, that make routes designed for male very hard to compete on for most female athlete. On the other hand, routes set for female athlete are also very hard for males to compete on. Some of them you can bruteforce (with strenght a la Janja, or with size), but some of them male joints just can't h…

Would agree. There's another thing that's a little odd. Tall men rock climbers tends to do better, but among women, it's the smaller ones who seem to be better.

Perhaps related to something like weight to strength ratio? Reach doesn’t help all that much if you can’t hold your full weight.

Re: US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

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Post by nextaccountic »

giantg2 wrote: post #21

This isn't as big of a deal as people are hyping it up to be. This (and things like including women) has been talked about for a while now. Men have been required to register for selective service during all recent times. This just saves you the trouble of going to the post office to fill out the form (or maybe it's online finally).

Why not do the same, but for voting?

Re: US plans to automatically register young men for military draft

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Post by MrSkelter »

giantg2 wrote: post #21

This isn't as big of a deal as people are hyping it up to be. This (and things like including women) has been talked about for a while now. Men have been required to register for selective service during all recent times. This just saves you the trouble of going to the post office to fill out the form (or maybe it's online finally).

It’s funny how mandatory registration and tracking is fine in the US when it’s in support of war or to track minority groups, but impossible when the aim is serving the public, increasing access or safety.
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