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Originally Posted by Bruinrab
How about the Milgram experiments? Normal, everyday people were willing to do something that one could reasonably believe was killing someone - a person that they had already met and gotten to know a little, not an anonymous "face in the crowd". But, since they were being assured, and bullied in some cases, by an authority figure, most continued. And this was not in a setting where they perceived some threat from their "opponent". They were hurting someone (or believed they were) simply because an authority figure told them to.
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That's why we need to oppose mandatory service because it will move people closer to situation faced by Milgram's participants where they wouldn't have much choice other than to obey an authority figure.