National Service made compulsary?

Posted by: anna

17th Mar 2011 11:51am

What are the thoughts on National Service & a year in the Services just out of school? I think it is a great idea, make kids grow up & be responsible. Both male & female.

Anonymous

18th Sep 2013 01:26pm

I am glad to hear your thoughts on this as someone who was called for service. Calling for a reinstatement of conscription is on the same page as bringing back capital and corporal punishment. It's outdated, whack shit that has been proven to be inconsistent and damaging to society at large. That's why they got rid of it.

There are things that are beneficial to society that get taken away as well, such as HECS. If anything it has put people off wanting to further their education because of increasing debt and struggles that young people are facing. Unfortunately, it's not the same things that middle aged and older are facing and they can't possibly relate. Instead, they name-call and create an us vs them bullshit situation that needs to end.

Conscript yourself into a young persons life and try to come out with the same opinion that national service would somehow breed a better society.

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