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johnstrangey
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being in the royal navy we often have this conversation and the general consensus is that there should be a 2 year national service in the UK but not just the military all Civil service should benefit such as fire service and police you should only have one way of getting out of this and that would be staying on in full time education |
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Keighan
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No. Duty, discipline and honor don't need to be forced to be learned. Parenting Service should be started. |
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rangeroverlad
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As a member the military I have said this in the past. I belive that there are a great many skills a young person can gain from spending a few years with in a military setting. Each country has very different rules when it comes to the time you are required to serve. In my opinion I see no problem with young people being required to serve in the military from the time they are 18 to 21 years old. These 3 years would allow them to save money for future education,travel to different parts of the world and become part of something greater. For those of you who are not in the military or have no experience with the military culture what I am saying will be completely lost. Despite what the media portrays as well as the general consensus of the anti-militaristic movement states, an initial career with in the military gives young people a sense of accomplishment as well as a sense of what will be required of them latter on when they arrive in the work force. I don't belive that there should be compulsory service in the regular forces of a military but at least with in the reserve forces. The possibility of being required to go to an area where there is instability and fighting is possible but the majority of the peace keeping and war fighting is done by the regular forces. Being a Canadian soldier I have seen reserve soldiers volunteer for over seas duty and have complimented the regular forces quite well. If there was a term of service required to be served I would suggest that it be done with the realm of the reserve forces which would allow those young people to make a decision if they chose to follow through with a regular forces career or continue on with civilian education. |
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James L
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I really think that our youth should go through 2 years of service and volunteerism. I did and it was amazing the psychological growth. I did it on my own trying to find my way. But I think it would be the greatest thing we could do to raise the maturity level in our youth. |
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Yes.
Though it doesn't necessarily have to be military service, even though the amount of trades to be learnt in the armed forces is incredible some may find it objectionable.
Germany for example also has a social service, which involves work in hospital's, old people's homes etc.
Later: Just read some of the other answers that have happened while I answering. I cannot for the life of me, imagine living in a country with such a narrow minded view to national service. It doesn't have to be limited to the Army. And you wonder why we laugh at you! |
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nibbler
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it would be good if they brought it back for unruly youths that do cause problems but i wouldnt forcre well behaved youths to do it or mabye even just give them a strict comunittie service instead of molly coddling them all the time, i know a boy who held up a newsagents when he was 14 an he got taken into care and every month he got the latest tracksuit and trainners and wasted countless oppertunitees to better himself at a cost to the tax payer , i think there punisments should save the tax payer money not cost us money ps i tried to reply to your message earlier but it said you need to confirm your email with yahoo answears: )nibbler |
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ben b
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No. Borstal, and corperal punishment of offenders. Justice, must be SEEN to be done, wich at present, it is not. |
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okiewoman
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That is not such a bad idea. It doesn't mean that they had to learn fighting or war skills. There are a thousand and one other efforts that could be used as a national/international service. Look at our ailing national parks and roads and bridges and tornado/natural disaster shelters, schools and libraries, that need work. If you look back at tremendous works that the WPA did decades ago that are still standing and the caliber of the work (mostly accomplished by young and untrained people under the guidance of a handful of the skilled) that still exhists today, why couldn't we re- try that old experiment. Who knows, it could create a sense of accomplishment , self-worth, and build new skills, that many of our youth have never experienced. Kind of like those "public works" did for others many years ago. |
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Emily Hobhouse
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No. I'm the mother of a soldier. I think the army brutalizes people and turns them into killers. If you're tough enough to take it, are you the kind of person you want to be? And if you're not tough enough to take it, you're broken.
Young men need fathers. We need to work on our society. We need to instill in ourselves decency and kindness and discipline.
The only time we need an army, is to protect ourselves.
Bullying is a form of discipline. I worked in the Navy and was shocked to see how the junior ratings were treated. Really, national service is the easy answer. It is our society that is rotten. |
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brunett_sailor_moon
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hmmm.....ahhhhhhh ha ha you typed in duty |
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trigger
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yes, but only for youths with issues, get rid of them for a while. |
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SHAUN H
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Yes with out a doubt |
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lennylil
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That's a really difficult one. I think in the past it has probably proved to be good for the boys in the long run BUT perhaps thats all too easy for a woman to say. How about, as a deterant for offenders ( say six months service) - no that wont work, cos it may end up just an undisciplned rabble. I really dont know, but I DO think it should be thought about. |
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Nikki W
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If you mean some sort of training that instills those values without the military draft, then I totally think, it's a good idea. The priorities in our youth seems to be somewhat twisted these days. 'Just look at the reality shows on TV: nothing but materiality and superficiality. With more kids spending more time in front of TV how days, I would think we could give them something more worth awhile for their sense of wellbeing. Time spent serving others and seeing how various people of the world live and what little importance their "matter of life-and-death" has in the great scheme of things would sure help them to appreciate more of what they have and what they are able to do. |
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dorothy
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I agree with James L - what a brilliant idea. |
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ni5ek_c
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definately not
they are bad enough as they are, dont teach em to shoot and hide as well.
and the boys would be even worse.
dont tell her I said that |
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Christine H
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Absolutely! It should also be mandatory for anyone who wants to be a politician. That way they can have a real idea of what they are doing when they send young men off to Iraq, Afghanistan and maybe, Lebanon . |
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sax7515
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It would certainly make the people sending all the soldiers out to war think twice before sending off their little boys. It's a good idea. |
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BLACKY
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its funny you should ask that cos my friend and i were just saying that it would show the kids how to respect what they have instead of moaning about what they havent.
Ye lets bring it back. |
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candi k
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not national service, maybe boot camps for the troubled youth we have created. |
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urbancoyote
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No, no, certainly not.
Baby boomers rule America now and until about 2020. Clinton was a boomer and so is "W." Do not, I say again, do not even joke, about giving these grey-haired teenagers an UNLIMITED POOL OF MANPOIWER to pick fights and get into half-baked military adventures.
You don't give an automatic firearm to an immature kid.
Most of the time from 1940 to 1971 when we had a draft, we were involved in military action. Most of the time since, we haven't been, and the military adventures post-Vietnam have been short, well-planned rabbit punches.
We WON THE COLD WAR on modernization, Granada and helping Britain with the Falklands. Not with a big army.
The only significant f*ck *p has been Iraq. Let's swallow the bitter medicine instead of pouring MORE of MY KIDS into an incompetently planned occupation. We need to partition the country and get out. If we stay there will be a civil war that we, as the colonial occupying power,. will properly be blamed for.
A draft will just delay the inevitable and up the body count. |
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pootfart3
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Maybe you should ask the U. S. Congress and Senate to take back the laws outlawing prayer in school and discipline in schools. Then maybe the youth can learn without going to what you are talking about which amounts to something like forced discipline instead of learned discipline...... |
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Dirk Diggler
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Yes, it most definitely should. It would certainly go a long way to instilling some discipline in today's youth. However unless Britain pulls out of Europe and abrogates the human rights act, that is never going to happen. The aforementioned act, and the compensation culture have turned us into a nation of softies. |
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CMSgt342
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I think so, shape this country up a bit. |
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thomas p
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If you've such a problem with it, go join the army yourself.
I'd rather not die for a government i've never supported in an Imperial war |
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Master_Of_The_Web
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See:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkhwmKBjT6qGJXSVqFkr1C4GBgx.?qid=20060804174205AAtrD3T
Asked only minutes before you! |
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ear help!
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Absolutely not. There are better ways to instill discipline and respect in youth than to brainwash them into obeying authority that one day will order them to kill/die.
The answer to peace is to make LESS systems of war, not more. |
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Morag
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Yes, All Americans should do what the Israeli's do 2 yrs military service. |
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cookedermott
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y not |
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Amilucky0707
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Do you mean like the Hitler Youth? |
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lefang
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no, as an ex military man i see no reason for diluting what amounts to a proffesional army ,well trained it may be small but very very effective,
if you allow undesirables into the services, all you would be doing is allowing non suitable young people to be trained with a weapon.
the training is rigourous to weed out the non suitable, the alternative is cannon fodder. the level of sophistication of the weapons that are used needs soldiers with brains, who can asses a situation quickly and react accordingly, not a whistle blowing lieutenant, with a swagger stick , trench warfare has had its day. |
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