Activists, parents ask equal time for 'other side' of military life

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By M.L. LYKE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

As military recruiting increases, some concerned parents and peace activists are asking equal time on high school campuses to tell "the other side of the story."

At a meeting of "counterrecruiters" last week, Mike Yarrow, with the non-violent group Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, said he worries slick military presentations paint a glittering and unrealistic picture of life in the military.

Students, he said, need enough balanced information to "make an informed decision about something that could mean their death, or mean killing someone else, something that could haunt them for a lifetime."

Counterrecruitment racks are already in place in a number of Seattle high schools. Stacked in them are handouts titled "Financing College Without Joining the Military," "Ten Points to Consider Before You Sign a Military Enlistment Agreement" and "The Military's Not Just a Job."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/201206_antirecruit26.html

[shesemsmom]

1. I have made it very clear to

the school and my daughter.. SHE IS NOT TO TALK TO RECRUITERS!!!!!