Conscription

[TonyM]

So a bit like going to school in America then? ;-)

Doh!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Doh!

I do get what you’re saying though. Instil a routine and camaraderie whilst learning life skills and team work.

Guns not necessary though.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

If Russia have proven anything, it's that conscripted armies are shit.

 

[MCFCTrick]

So, not all bad being an FOC then ... as you were. ;-)

 

[Gorbachev]

I always remember my grandma saying: 'In 1914, the lads thought they were going to a picnic.'

At least no one will ever be that naive again.

'It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.' William Tecumseh Sherman.

Can you imagine if you had mobile phones, social media and 24 hour news back then.

Watching all our lads get sent over the top just be be cattle to the slaughter.

There would have been riots on the streets let alone protests. Many of that generation would have would have been left with so much discontent for those in power at the time, you could and probably would have seen putsch attempts.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I do get what you’re saying though. Instil a routine and camaraderie whilst learning life skills and team work.

Guns not necessary though.

So a Duke of Edinburgh award? Or the scouts.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Can you imagine if you had mobile phones, social media and 24 hour news back then.

Watching all our lads get sent over the top just be be cattle to the slaughter.

There would have been riots on the streets let alone protests. Many of that generation would have would have been left with so much discontent for those in power at the time, you could and probably would have seen putsch attempts.

Would the 5G masts be in no man’s land?

 

[Phil1]

If Russia have proven anything, it's that conscripted armies are shit.

It’s one of the reasons I wouldn’t send my daftie of a 17 year old. He’d likely end up shooting his own toe off by accident given a gun! :-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

So a Duke of Edinburgh award? Or the scouts.

Lol, yes, just with less noncey leaders.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

'It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.' William Tecumseh Sherman.

Aye, and add to that people who never had to do National Service saying we need to bring it back because 'kids these days...'