@bluejay While generally I agree with you the military does not, and should not, have their free will. They forfeit that when they sign up. Its why they can put you in jail just for quiting the military (AWOL) without their permission.

You can have a fighting force entering a foreign country and being able to be wiped out simply from its native diseases. This is doubly true when you consider the close-nit nature of the military, disease would spread like wildfire.

@freemo @bluejay informed consent does not have exemptions but for being medically incapacitated.
@freemo @bluejay that's literally not how informed consent works.

@icedquinn it literallys is. That is why we can do druug tests without informing the patient whats in the drug. They agree to take the drug without knowing ahead of time what it is.

@bluejay

@freemo @bluejay no, it's not.

you have to be told you are going in to a clinical trial, and what the potential dangers of this might be (incl. being part of the placebo group.)

this is not some shrinkwrap shit i can hide on page 500 of the EULA and then jab you with cyanide and go "BUT FREEMO CLICKED I AGREE :cirno_deal_with_it:"
@freemo @bluejay i can guarantee you the recruiter does not fulfill the obligations of informed consent and tell everyone they're trying to get to sign

:blobcatsuit: by the way, you're a government slave now we reserve the right to test any random shit we come up with in our garage and by signing this form you consent irrevocably to be tested on.

:blobcatthink: oh yeah, Nuremberg actually says someone can refuse to continue experimenting *at any time*

So not only is it ethically bankrupt its a war crime.

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Thats actually fair, recruiters can be quite deceptive to get people on board... not to mention the people that tend to join the military arent usually particularly bright so I wouldnt be surprised if they dont know (even though it seems obvious to me)...

So I will concede that the recruiter does have an obligation to be more transparent and is not.

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