In a history tute last week...

This post is a crosspost from Jayeless, and has been backdated to the date on which I posted it. It can be found in its original location at Jayeless » In a history tute last week....

Tutor: The Dept of History is looking for students across all year levels to participate in an investigation into the suitability of the history curriculum, blah blah blah… so if you’re interested, write your name on the volunteer sign-ups sheet.
Classmate: I’m going to put [L’s] name down.
Tutor: No, you can’t do that! It’s up to [L] to volunteer herself! We don’t have conscription in this country!
Classmate: I’ll introduce conscription for her.
Tutor: We don’t have conscription in tutorials either. If we did, I’d be conscripting you for all sorts of things. I’d always be saying, you do this, and you do that - think of the PRECEDENT you’re setting!