yertle-the-turtle
ONE love, blood, life
Well I'm going to begin my national service next January. Approaching it with a fair amount of trepidation.
Singapore doesn't allow conscientious objection so I'm pretty much tied down.
But since the Internet is such a diverse place, I'm interested in hearing the conscription experiences of some of the folks here, as well as some general views on conscription itself.
Personally I hate the idea of losing two years of my life just like that. But there are certain benefits - higher starting pay, for example, in employment; and national service itself draws a monthly pay plus other bonuses for passing physical testsand so on - and of course there's the whole 'the country has done this for you, time to pay it back' thing.
Also interested in knowing but if you're in a country that currently doesn't practice conscription and decided to introduce it would you fight it?
Singapore doesn't allow conscientious objection so I'm pretty much tied down.
But since the Internet is such a diverse place, I'm interested in hearing the conscription experiences of some of the folks here, as well as some general views on conscription itself.
Personally I hate the idea of losing two years of my life just like that. But there are certain benefits - higher starting pay, for example, in employment; and national service itself draws a monthly pay plus other bonuses for passing physical testsand so on - and of course there's the whole 'the country has done this for you, time to pay it back' thing.
Also interested in knowing but if you're in a country that currently doesn't practice conscription and decided to introduce it would you fight it?