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National service

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  • 04-02-2014 1:07am
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    SNAKEDOC
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    Would the youth of today benefit from national service. I did a few years in the reserves and found it a great source of comradrie and helped me get some independence from home life. I think that national service would help a lot of wayward youths get a better handle on adult life and benefit them in the long run like help them get permenant jobs on completion and they would also benefit from the structured living.


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    goldie fish
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    No.

    There is nothing more unhealthy than a person who does not want to be a soldier, being forced to be a soldier.


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    SNAKEDOC
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    goldie fish wrote: »
    No.

    There is nothing more unhealthy than a person who does not want to be a soldier, being forced to be a soldier.

    Its different when your in a neutral country. Its not like your going to be marched to the feont lines and told charge. The army teach some good valuable life lessons along with a healthier alround lifwstyle. Up early for breakfast training to stay healthy and team spirit. Look at the youths of today in disadvantaged area and the shockijg rise in petty crime. A system like the reserve only mandatory not full time and only for two years i think would make a big difference.


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    unichall
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    How would you enforce it? How do they do it in other countries?


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    goldie fish
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    No. A military force is not the proper place to deal with petty criminals. All you end up doing (from what I have seen of countries with conscription) is teach these people how to use firearms efficiently.
    We have a professional Defence Force, full of people who through determination got through a tough recruitment process, and want to be there.


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    crackcrack30
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    I Think the army could have a role to play in the disadvantaged schools...not necessarly in a disciplinary role but be strong role models and possibly teach in subjects like physical education ,history and geography ....& some of the trades like mech drawing/woodwork.


    If some of the students showed an interest in following a career in the defence forces they could then be steered in that direction...


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    kub
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    SNAKEDOC wrote: »
    Would the youth of today benefit from national service. I did a few years in the reserves and found it a great source of comradrie and helped me get some independence from home life. I think that national service would help a lot of wayward youths get a better handle on adult life and benefit them in the long run like help them get permenant jobs on completion and they would also benefit from the structured living.

    Personally I am of the belief that its the old subjects of crime & punishment, that and the fact that there are too many vested interests in our judicial system.


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