Dodge Banning

From the MT:
"Russian Websites Banned for Advice on Dodging Military Draft"

A Moscow court has ruled to ban four websites for providing information on how to avoid compulsory military service, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday.  “The decision was taken to ban the spread of information online which both encourages and promotes means of evading military service,” the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on its website. The court said that the sites contained information evading the draft and on companies which could help “customers” obtain an exemption from service. The sites also encouraged “negative attitudes” towards members of the draft commission,” the statement said. Military service of one year is mandatory in Russia for men aged 18 to 27 with several exceptions. Cases of evading the draft are widespread, with some estimates claiming that up to half of those eligible do not serve. Some recruits paying bribes for doctor’s notes on non-existing illnesses, while many academically gifted young men opt for further university study, deferring military service until they are over the call-up age.    In February, TASS reported that recorded cases of attempts to evade military service in Moscow had dropped 45 percent in two and a half years.

^ I do not think the majority of countries nowadays needs the Draft. Even countries that do have it probably wouldn't be able to stop an invasion or occupation  - especially by a larger country. That was made evident during World War 2 - where most countries had the Draft and were still occupied. The same can be said for the Cold War - with many invasion plans being declassified. With that said, if a country does have the Draft I don't think its right to tell people how to dodge it since it is a crime. I know that many people and organizations in the US during the Vietnam War helped men dodge the Draft by either hiding within the US or fleeing to Canada. Now, I am not going to get all high and mighty and try and say that had I been of Draft age when the US had the Draft (until 1973) that I would have gladly served in the military or dodged it - I honestly don't know what I would have done - I would like to think I would have served, but that is just what I think I would do and am not sure if that is what I would have done. I think countries today need to move away from a Draft/conscription military to an all-volunteer one (and give benefits to entice and support their soldiers.) ^

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-websites-banned-for-advice-on-dodging-military-draft/573838.html