# On making beds and lying in them: Vietnam deserter arrested. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117 "2006-03-13T01:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117/161 "2006-03-15T14:32:53Z")
Good lord, what’s happening here? People are debating! Politely! And others are _agreeing_ (or at least able to see the other’s POV). In the interests of keeping this Pit-worthy: **Fuck!** ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117/162 "2006-03-15T23:28:35Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > I’m beginning to think I had the wrong idea about the draft. It’s been my assumption that all US citizens were drafted at 18 and subsequently classified accordingly - 1A, 4F, etc. What you’re referring to is merely the classification that was assigned to male US citizens and male Resident Aliens upon reporting to their Draft Boards. It wasn’t an automatic call-up upon reaching the age of 18 years. > [@](#): > > ( **Monty** , nice job of rebuttal. Polite and well spoken. We may not agree, but if I’m going to get into an argument, I think I’ll do it with you! ) Thanks. I do have my hot-button issues, though. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117/163 "2006-03-15T23:30:16Z")
I might as well mention this now, since this is a thread about the conscription in the US: today, all male US citizens and, IIRC, also all male Resident Aliens must register for conscription. Failure to register does have some not so nice consequences (ineligibility for student loans, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117/164 "2006-03-15T23:45:08Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Good lord, what’s happening here? People are debating! Politely! And others are _agreeing_ (or at least able to see the other’s POV). In the interests of keeping this Pit-worthy: > > **Fuck!** No, a pit-worthy observation would be that that joke was old five years ago. Profanity for its own sake only works if your audience is 14. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117/165 "2006-03-16T01:00:43Z")
> [@furt](#): > > No, a pit-worthy observation would be that that joke was old five years ago. Profanity for its own sake only works if your audience is 14. That might have been a good retort, if not for [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362973) thread lying around the pit at the moment. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-making-beds-and-lying-in-them-vietnam-deserter-arrested/348117.md?page=8)