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Conscription Yes Or No?
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A friend of my son, going nowhere, rubbishy jobs and boozing like hell, just finished his basic training in the Royal Navy.
He looks fantastic, stopped drinking, slimmer and fitter, and more important, happier.
So as a lifelong civilian myself, I want to ask all of the service men and those retired, "Would conscription be a positive thing?"
Given the drift of some of our youth, would it help them?
Thinking of the opening scenes of, "Full Metal Jacket."
He looks fantastic, stopped drinking, slimmer and fitter, and more important, happier.
So as a lifelong civilian myself, I want to ask all of the service men and those retired, "Would conscription be a positive thing?"
Given the drift of some of our youth, would it help them?
Thinking of the opening scenes of, "Full Metal Jacket."
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've never liked that JFK quote. It's creepy. We are not born servants of the state. In a democratic society, the state is there to serve the people - not the other way. It makes me think of that weird, culty 'pledge of allegiance' that American schoolchildren have to constantly make.
Conscription is enormously expensive, violates individual liberties, and would make the army less effective as a fighting force. The state takes its due already - it isn't entitled to a year or more of your life.
Conscription is enormously expensive, violates individual liberties, and would make the army less effective as a fighting force. The state takes its due already - it isn't entitled to a year or more of your life.
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