โฒ 100 โผ Germany Introduces New Travel Restrictions for Men Aged 17-45 Amid Military Reforms (united24media.com) submitted 5 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/europe@feddit.org 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/61926294
[โ] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 34 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Are we? In any case, it's a law from the 60s. They "only" modified a paragraph to make it apply in peace time. But yeah, if we must have conscription laws again, they should definitely apply to all genders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago I believe the specific law is from 1977, but I agree with your point in general, that service shouldn't discriminate based on gender. From my knowledge this rule was supposedly active for decades before Germany discontinued conscription and nobody really followed it then. Why there is a need to reactivate a law that will not be followed by the vast majority and that has no enforcement mechanisms associated with it really beats me. It's probably a mix of incompetence and "we've always been doing things like this". permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago I believe the specific law is from 1977, but I agree with your point in general, that service shouldn't discriminate based on gender. From my knowledge this rule was supposedly active for decades before Germany discontinued conscription and nobody really followed it then. Why there is a need to reactivate a law that will not be followed by the vast majority and that has no enforcement mechanisms associated with it really beats me. It's probably a mix of incompetence and "we've always been doing things like this". permalink fedilink source parent