Resolved: Military Consription (drafting) is unjust (LD Rules and Format)

----------------- My opponent claims that justice is based upon morality; however, morality is a rather shaky substance. Morality can vary from one society to another. In Islamic Nations, it may be immoral to eat a pig. However, no such moral exists in the United States. While morality is shaky, it is justice that holds society together. The Holocaust was considered moral to the Nazis. However, it was not just. ------------------ In response to the negative case: Contention 1: My opponent's argument essentially states that a society can be unjust to its citizens as it chooses, and the citizens are forced to emmigrate if they feel that they are abused (i. e. "my way or the highway"). However, government's job is to guarentee rights to society, not to thrash them as it chooses. A just government lies in the people's hands. Any other such government is immoral and unjust. Further, forcing someone out of their homes to flee oppression is clearly a violation of property rights. Contention 2: My opponent's second contention states that drafts are okay, because only a minority is abused. However, a just and moral government should protect the whole of society rather than the majority. Subpoint A: My opponet's subpoint can be summed up by saying that people do not have rights when they are adults; rather, that governments should only protect the rights of citizens under 18. Subpoint B: My opponent's second subpoint declares that the draft is just because only men are opressed by it. When a government opresses any rights of any human, it is unjust and immoral. Subpoint C: My opponent's third subpoint declares that citizens who are physically-fit are the only ones that deserve to be opressed. My opponent basically argues that government can oppress a minority. This goes against his arguments of morality and my value of justice. Contention 3: My opponent basically concedes that some people will lose their lives because of the draft. This clearly violates the rights of humanity. Further, my opponent acknowledges that all people drafted will be required to give up some of their life to a government occupation. This is clearly a confiscation of liberty, as one cannot opt to do anything else besides work for the government. ------------------------- Now, I shall show why my opponent's arguments against my case are irrelevant: 1. My opponent claims that just because some people don't die that nobody dies. This, however, is false logic. The argument that it is "only" a minority that is being opressed shows that a government that implements a draft is immoral and unjust. 2. My opponent claims taht to allow liberty would be to allow societal anarchy. I concede that some liberties, such as to walk around nude, are absurd, but most liberties are a right of humans. The right to live one's life as one wishes, to guide one's own life decisions, etc. are generally good things. My opponent has taken an absurd part to say that the whole of liberty is absurd; rather, the majority of liberty is necessary. Clearly, when one is forced to participate in the military, they have lost liberty. 3. My opponent again claims that life is "never involuntarily risked in the draft", though it clearly is. Government implements a draft so that it might have people to replace those who have died. These people are just as likely to die as the last group. People die from being drafted. My opponent makes a silly point. I accept that in most cases liberty and the pursuit of happiness are similar, but liberty allows the ABILITY to pursue happiness. In this way, they are different. ----------------------------------------------------- In summary of my opponent's case, my opponent argues that the draft is okay because only a minority are oppressed by that, and of that oppressed minority, not all people die. I argue that government's DUTY to mankind is not to protect the rights of the few or the rights of the majority, but to protect the rights of everybody in government's society. I await rebuttal.