Every time the subject of National Service comes up in the UK, the reaction of the armed forces, top to bottom, is basically "Oh, for fuck's sake!"
But sometimes not that politely.
Every time the subject of National Service comes up in the UK, the reaction of the armed forces, top to bottom, is basically "Oh, for fuck's sake!"
I suggest you cost this idea.I think I would have kept a Requirement that very Male between the ages of 18 to 21 do 12 Basic Training.
Then there is the problem of equality, after all if Bill Smith has to join up and ' get some in.' Then in these days of equality, so too should Jill Smith, and doing just the same role.
This is a problem to you?
Not a problem for me, but you can bet that there would be major problems with universal unisex conscription. And without it being universal unisex, then I can envision plenty of young men objecting, on grounds of discrimination.
Not a problem for me, but you can bet that there would be major problems with universal unisex conscription. And without it being universal unisex, then I can envision plenty of young men objecting, on grounds of discrimination.
Hardly a problem, women are conscripted in China, Israel, Libya, Malaysia, North Korea, Norway, Peru and Taiwan, and in Switzerland soon.Then there is the problem of equality, after all if Bill Smith has to join up and ' get some in.' Then in these days of equality, so too should Jill Smith, and doing just the same role.
Right that's all for now, I think that the company wants me to do some work, that is what they pay me for.
RR
The Army is there to kill the Queen's enemies, not to sort out troubled young men who have been failed by the school system. Name one war fought by the United Kingdom since 1945 that could have been fought more effectively by National Servicemen than by Regulars?
* Two uncles did National Service, and I did 6 years in the TA.
Why does Russia still have a Conscript Army? 12 Months for Males aged 18-27