Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Celebrating Diversity (Except the Kinds We Don't Agree With)

Along with the ban on handguns in San Francisco, voters have approved "Measure I, dubbed "College Not Combat," opposes the presence of military recruiters at public high schools and colleges. However, it would not ban the armed forces from seeking enlistees at city campuses, since that would put schools at risk of losing federal funding."

"We now have the moral weight of the city behind us, and it's definitely a valuable asset to have in our corner," said Bob Matthews, a College Not Combat activist, adding that the victory would help put pressure on the government to someday institute an actual ban on campus military recruiting.

Moral weight? Accepting recruiters, even though you disagree with them, would be taking a higher moral ground than being willing to sell your beliefs for continued funding.

I don't understand the need to ban recruiters unless the San Francisco schools have done such a poor job of educating their students that they've never learned critical thinking. You know those wiley recruiters will dupe those poor dumb kids into signing up....

The military isn't for everyone, but neither is college. Even if you would never enlist, why should the only option for non-college bound students be the best McJob they can get with a high school diploma?