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Sue1 · 31-01-2008, 17:40

I am not sure that the army should take the brunt of what has gone wrong with society today - on the other hand, were they to do this, I suspect they would do it extremely well. You only have to look at an ordinary young chap who goes through basic training - at the other end there is a chap who knows exactly how to behave in a given situation, has manners and self confidence. Those who would be handed asbos (and of course some of them are 10 years old and not eligible) should be put through basic training and the army does take women. I also strongly feel that prisons should be run on army lines - they are actually not meant to be holiday camps. In case anyone thinks prisoners would be unnecessarily penalised I read in the paper today that we spend over fifty percent more per day on prisoners meals than we do on NHS patients in hospital - wonder why there is a problem of malnourishment among patients being discharged from hospitals?
I wonder how bad things are really going to get before something has to be done.

31-01-2008, 17:40	#19
Sue1 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 71 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Bring back National Service ! I am not sure that the army should take the brunt of what has gone wrong with society today - on the other hand, were they to do this, I suspect they would do it extremely well. You only have to look at an ordinary young chap who goes through basic training - at the other end there is a chap who knows exactly how to behave in a given situation, has manners and self confidence. Those who would be handed asbos (and of course some of them are 10 years old and not eligible) should be put through basic training and the army does take women. I also strongly feel that prisons should be run on army lines - they are actually not meant to be holiday camps. In case anyone thinks prisoners would be unnecessarily penalised I read in the paper today that we spend over fifty percent more per day on prisoners meals than we do on NHS patients in hospital - wonder why there is a problem of malnourishment among patients being discharged from hospitals? I wonder how bad things are really going to get before something has to be done.