At 08:46 PM 9/19/04 -0700, John Young wrote:

Today, even the US uses children in war, 17 being the minimum age to enlist. Others sneak in by lying about their age, some as young as 14. Recruiters look the other way when the kids and their parents lie. Been there, done that. Enlisted in the army at 15, served months before being kicked out when a relative ratted on me. Went in again at 17.

Not that it matters, but you have tipped your motivations far more than your bailey-bridge erections... Still, good things come from twisted sources... look at the GNU projekts :-)