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Old 23-01-2008, 21:20   #18
West Ender
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Re: Bring back National Service !

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Originally Posted by blazey View Post
It is a parents job to teach discipline and self respect. If they are so worried they should try harder then maybe there wouldnt be this suggesting of bringing back NS for the sake of discipline.

Fitness doesn't protect you from bullets either, so on that note they still have reason to think of the worst rather than the best.


When you've finished trying to teach your granny to suck eggs, my brothers, my husband and I grew up in the 1940s and 50s. Believe it or not we were taught discipline and self-respect but, like so many of your contemporaries who are turning this country into a shambles, there were those who had no discipline in their lives and National Service gave them what Life hadn't. So, what do you propose to make indolent parents "try harder"? I'm sure you have an answer.

Fitness doesn't protect you from knives, or trainers aimed at the head either but, if you manage to avoid the former, it does sometimes help you to live a bit longer.
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