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Question: ... what would you choose ?
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6-month military service		  
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9-month civil service		  
#3
I have a severe medical condition, making me like 100% unable to serve		  
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Tender Branson
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« on: August 11, 2016, 01:12:06 PM »
Option 1:





Option 2:
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2016, 01:13:26 PM »
Served my 9-month civil service, because I told the military commission at my draft hearing that I'm not willing to serve with a gun in the military.

Best decision ever and great 9 months.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2016, 01:44:39 PM »
Civil service (normal).
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2016, 02:04:47 PM »
Civil service, no doubt.
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RFayette
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2016, 02:30:07 PM »
Option 1, seems like it'd be an interesting experience
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2016, 02:50:54 PM »
« Edited: August 11, 2016, 02:52:31 PM by RaphaelDLG »
When was the last time Austria was involved in a major war?

Probably #1.

ETA:  What percentage of Austrian troops had to go to Afghanistan?
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2016, 02:54:18 PM »
Depends on if there is conflict, if I believe in conflict, and if the military would even accept me if I was forced to choose.
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2016, 02:55:29 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 11, 2016, 02:54:18 PM
Depends on if there is conflict, if I believe in conflict, and if the military would even accept me if I was forced to choose.

I actually agree with Sanchez for once. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2016, 02:58:32 PM »
fake/exaggerate my mental issues and not have to serve in either(normal.)
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Goldwater
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2016, 03:11:10 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on August 11, 2016, 02:54:18 PM
Depends on if there is conflict, if I believe in conflict, and if the military would even accept me if I was forced to choose.
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2016, 04:16:17 PM »
I would sh**t my pants like Ted Nugent and say I'm the Archduchess Maria Theresa in disguise.
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2016, 04:23:44 PM »
9 month civil service, not even close.
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2016, 02:33:06 AM »
« Edited: August 12, 2016, 02:35:00 AM by dead0man »
the one where you get to shoot guns and get yelled at by a guy with a big hat on



my favorite rifle, love me some Steyr Aug.
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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2016, 02:38:01 AM »
Quote from: RFayette on August 11, 2016, 02:30:07 PM
Option 1, seems like it'd be an interesting experience
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« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2016, 08:25:11 AM »
Can I make it longer than 6 months?
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Grumpier Than Uncle Joe
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2016, 09:03:43 AM »
Considering I'm not against conscription I shouldn't bitch about a draft.
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« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2016, 11:41:32 AM »
9 month civil service wouldn't be the worst thing I suppose.
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« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2016, 12:38:05 PM »
Definitely the 6-month military service; will be quicker, seems much more interesting, and the chance of actually having to fight seems pretty minute.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2016, 02:25:37 PM »
Quote from: RaphaelDLG on August 11, 2016, 02:50:54 PM
When was the last time Austria was involved in a major war?

Probably #1.

ETA:  What percentage of Austrian troops had to go to Afghanistan?

A) 1938-1945 of course.

B) Don't know if this is a serious question or not, but ... 0% (no troops there, unless you count a handful or so military experts who are training the Afghan police).
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2016, 10:08:06 AM »
A quick comparison with the poll on top with the actual statistics here:

The Forum users are slightly more likely than drafted Austrian males to choose civil service.

Drafted Austrian males in 2014: 45% chose military service, 40% civil service, 15% were unfit

Atlas Forum: 47% civil service, 42% military service, 11% unfit to serve
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« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2016, 11:00:58 AM »
Civil service (am pacificist)
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Lyin' Steve
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« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2016, 11:03:26 AM »
6 month military service.  If I was Austrian I'd love the opportunity to show my appreciation to the United States of America by helping its military fight for peace and justice around the world.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2016, 02:36:01 PM »
Quote from: Tender Branson on August 13, 2016, 10:08:06 AM
A quick comparison with the poll on top with the actual statistics here:

The Forum users are slightly more likely than drafted Austrian males to choose civil service.

Drafted Austrian males in 2014: 45% chose military service, 40% civil service, 15% were unfit

Atlas Forum: 47% civil service, 42% military service, 11% unfit to serve

That's surprisingly representative.
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« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2016, 02:54:45 PM »
Military service.
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« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2016, 03:10:20 PM »
9-month civil service for sure.  I would never qualify for military service even if I wanted to due to mental health reasons.  (I'd previously considered being in the military as a chaplain until I found out training is about as rigorous as it is for reserve and combat enlisters.)  I'm still not ruling out a term in the Peace Corps, though.  And it's not popular to say, but the US military over the past few decades has been so far cucked and pivoted around false impressions of "manliness" that I have no desire to be in the company of troops while on the job, and there's no way on earth I could bear showering with other men.

The politics or cause wouldn't sway me, either.
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