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...Granting full South African citizenship to all our peoples...
Hence, the moral of Mobil's tale clearly emerges: "Forcing American companies to withdraw would end their constructive role." The constructive role of corporations in bringing about reform, of course, lies in their ability to pressure the government. By running ads in South African newspapers urging equal citizenship, they let the Botha regime know that they are mad as hell about apartheid and won't take it any longer. Well, at least not for too much longer...
...ironic that Torricelli wants to draft the spirit of citizenship of one group of Americans, 18-year-olds, because he is afraid to ask another, more powerful group to pay taxes...
...second argument for the measure is the values of citizenship it would teach all Americans...
...while serving the nation may be a valuable ingredient of citizenship, I doubt a mandatory volunteer is someone who will be receptive to learning citizenship values. We take out the garbage for our mother, but pretty begrudgingly, or I least I did. And if it's not your mother...