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There was ANOTHER protest there that I missed out on because I neglected to go to the bookstore today. This one was about military recruiting in high schools. Incidentally, that's illegal in most countries, since high schoolers are often under 18.

I mean, seriously, a lot of people join up because they're promised college money, or because they can't see themselves getting a job otherwise. They don't think "oh, well, I could get killed" when they do that. Yeah, it's stupid, but people do stupid things, especially in high school.

And, did you know, the military is currently blackmailing a number of law schools? Many of those schools have anti-discrimination policies that don't allow institutions which discriminate against gays on campus. Which knocks out the army, of course. So now there's been a bill passed which will deny extra funding for schools which do not allow recruiters to come on campus... because God knows it would make too much sense to let people come out of the closet in the army. Originally, the army just sued but when that fell through, they came up with this new penny-pinching plan.

Hm... This is the most incoherant thing I've said all day. Yippee!