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[oladub]

You have a naive view of both indentured servitude AND military service. IN the military, you do have the right to seek conscientious objector status, a discharge [[dishonorable), and you can refuse to serve. Each one of these choices might have legal ramifications, including potential prison time, but at the end of the day no one will force you to serve and you will eventually be released. There are some rights that soldier give up but the vast majority of rights are maintained.

Comparing that to indentured servitude, where the servant became the property of the owner, is just silly and nowhere near historically correct.

Good point about how military members have the option of going to jail if the military doesn't want to break their enlistment contracts. Funny!

Yes, there are some rights that soldiers give up like quiting and getting another job and making public statement about what a &*%*! the captain or president is. Or maybe the way you look at it, soldiers can call their superiors names although they might wind up in the brig for awhile. I was thinking about the indentured servant contracts that early American settlers entered into. Since they couldn't afford passage, they might agree to work for a number of years to pay off their passage. Some wound up with evil bosses but most moved on to a new life after the passage was paid off. This has a lot of similarities to the military enlistment contract that offers college money, pensions, and so forth in exchange for a number of years of service. Conditions, particiapation, and obligations vary among indentured servant contracts.