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>a legal challenge on the grounds that a certain religious minority is exempted from such service, the claim being that this constitutes inequal treatment. Kin
by wizzairflyer 8y ago
>a legal challenge on the grounds that a certain religious minority is exempted from such service, the claim being that this constitutes inequal treatment.
Kind of amazing that this is ground for a legal challenge but the fact that female aren't drafted isn't. That's one of the part of Western societies around which I can't wrap my mind.
- varjag 8y agoThere's increasing pressure to fix that too. Norway has introduced gender neutral draft two years ago.
- wizzairflyer 8y agoI hope this get fixed eventually, either by extending it to both genders or removing it completely. In Switzerland we had a small reform of our army and copying the Norwegians was considered for a while, but they ended up dropping the idea for just doing small changes. Quite disappointing.
- opo 8y ago>...I hope this get fixed eventually, either by extending it to both genders or removing it completely. Every country has abolished private slavery. I'd like to imagine a world where each individual state also relinquished its claim to enslave people.