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| No | 72% | 941 votes | Total: 1301 votes | |
| Yes | 28% | 360 votes |
No
Created on: August 17, 2009 Last Updated: August 18, 2009
No parent can send a child off to war: the military does not accept children. Parents can manipulate,
Created on: August 29, 2008
If my child is old enough to go to war, it is neither my choice nor my right to "send" him or her. I
Created on: December 31, 2007
The way the question is worded, there can only be one answer. You see, I am a pacifist. My view of the
by Petra Sando
Created on: September 15, 2007
Why would anyone want to send their child to war? I sure wouldn't. Not in this day and age! If these
Created on: January 25, 2010 Last Updated: May 01, 2010
The question, would you send your child off to war is similar to the question, are you still beating
Created on: January 20, 2009
Parents : Would you send your child off to war?
Send our kids off to war? What an odd question, as if
by Bill Whitney
Created on: October 21, 2007 Last Updated: July 16, 2010
I am a veteran and was in during the Vietnam war. I didn't actually have to go to Vietnam but would
Created on: August 19, 2009 Last Updated: August 20, 2009
NO, I would NOT send my child to war. I do not approve of war. No one wins in war, and all it does is
by Ted Sherman
Created on: September 15, 2007
Does anyone today remember the sad lyrics from a World War I song:
"I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier,
I
Created on: September 13, 2008 Last Updated: April 23, 2009
Thinking back as a child, I was taught that serving our Country was the right thing to doang it was
Created on: November 02, 2007
I would never willingly send my child or children any where that held even the slightest chance that
Created on: August 17, 2009 Last Updated: August 18, 2009
I don't believe it's possible to send a child to war, intentionally. Being that we have free choice,
Created on: September 15, 2007
I have an 11 year old daughter and I would never send her to fight for a war that she did not start.
Created on: September 16, 2007
What parent in their right mind would want to send their offspring off to fight in an undeclared war?
Created on: September 09, 2007
I have to say it would depend on the war. If we are talking about Iraq, I would do everything in my
Created on: February 07, 2010
By the way that we live as a whole, with freedom at the forefront of our beliefs, one could only answer
by Empress lee
Created on: April 22, 2009
In theory it would not be my decision to send my children to war, as they would be at the age of maturity.
by Mary Moss
Created on: September 15, 2007
No parent in their right might would respond in the affirmative to this question. We don't send our
Created on: September 15, 2007
The very thought of having one of my children go off to war is unbearable to me. Not that war is not
by Tim Raymond
Created on: September 16, 2007
We have come a long way from one weekend a month, two weeks a year - with increasing troop presence
Yes
by Carol Gioia
Created on: September 15, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
During peace time, it is easy to respect and support our young adult's decision to join the military.
Created on: November 04, 2008 Last Updated: November 15, 2008
This is a double edged sword question. First, a child doesn't go to war, a man or woman does. Therefore
Created on: February 07, 2008
No parent 'wants' to send their child off to war. It's every parents worst nightmare. The last time
Created on: June 12, 2009 Last Updated: September 14, 2009
How many parents have asked themselves this question, but looking at it in a rational way it turns out
Created on: September 16, 2007
As a mother of a teenage boy, my heart stops to think of him going to war. The reality is parents don't
by Alisha Link
Created on: April 11, 2008
Having two young boys of my own, I think about what I would do if my sons joined the military or were
Created on: September 18, 2007
In just a few days my 19 year old son, who is a Navy Reservist is leaving for additional training with
by L G Hoel
Created on: June 25, 2008 Last Updated: August 22, 2010
I would send my child of to war. If my child chose to enter the military in a time of war and understood
by Nate Weeks
Created on: September 15, 2007
I grew up in a military family where I have seen my parents send my two brothers off to war, both the
by Donald Moore
Created on: September 15, 2007
Not only would I send my child off to war, I AM sending my child off to war. My daughter is a 21-year
Created on: September 15, 2007
As parents, we do not necessarily send our children off to war. They grow up and choose to serve. By
by Mac a'Bhaird
Created on: June 05, 2009 Last Updated: June 12, 2009
For clarification, sending my children off to war means endorsing the war they would be fighting in,
Created on: January 25, 2008
Would I send my child off to war? No! Would I stop my child from going off to war? Again the answer
by Carol Wise
Created on: September 16, 2007
Having enjoyed my freedom over the years, having been born in this country, and knowing the cost of
Created on: September 15, 2007
I only write to this side because the other side does not seem to allow for parents who respect their
by Cyn Bagley
Created on: September 15, 2007 Last Updated: July 14, 2008
There is something intrinsically wrong with the question "Would you send your child off to war?" Why?
by Terry Booth
Created on: September 16, 2007
When I was young, I thought nothing was important enough for me to risk my life, for if I was dead,
by Keith Risman
Created on: November 02, 2007
If my values were the same as that of my child's values and my child felt compelled to volunteer I would
Created on: September 15, 2007
Would I send MY child off to War? Well let me start by saying this. I am my Mothers son, and I went
Created on: April 13, 2009
Would you send your child off to war? No parent wants to send their child off to war, but it's not a