Is "Compulsory National Service" a form of Slavery?

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

It obviously is slavery.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

"Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others" So no.

But it fits involuntary servitude better: "Involuntary servitude is a United States legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion."

All citizens are the property of the State. The military draft is an expression of this reality. It's slavery.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

No, and calling it such is insulting to the millions of Americans who actually were slaves. The fact that having to do community service for a year is even being compared to actual slavery is disgusting, though not surprising, considering the white, middle-class suburbanite tilt of this forum.

This. It's the kind of offensive hyperbole I've come to expect from, uh, some element on this forum though.

You mean the freedom-loving, non-fascistic element on the forum.