Cameron to bring back National Service

[daveofficer]

Cameron hits back at Tory 'blasts from the past' | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

oh dear god. what next? hanging? the cane?

i don't think training the nation's youth how to aim a gun and hit people harder for 6 weeks is going to reduce violent crime.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

Cameron hits back at Tory 'blasts from the past' | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

oh dear god. what next? hanging? the cane?

i don't think training the nation's youth how to aim a gun and hit people harder for 6 weeks is going to reduce violent crime.

The fud needs to get elected first.

[Dave]

Erm...it's not national military service. There will be an option to train with the army, but most of the people taking up this voluntary scheme will be working for businesses or charities to improve their social and workplace skills.

[Camie]

Originally Posted by Dave

Erm...it's not national military service. There will be an option to train with the army, but most of the people taking up this voluntary scheme will be working for businesses or charities to improve their social and workplace skills.

I can see all these "delinquent" 16 year olds queuing up to do this...

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Camie

I can see all these "delinquent" 16 year olds queuing up to do this...

...and miss the chance to hold a real sidearm in that cheesy and ballistically useless gangsta manner?

Still, they probably get more exposure to guns on the streets anyway.

[Camie]

Originally Posted by Diesel

...and miss the chance to hold a real sidearm in that cheesy and ballistically useless gangsta manner?

Well if they want to do that then they would join the army.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Camie

I can see all these "delinquent" 16 year olds queuing up to do this...

It's not all that different to doing a Duke of Edinburgh award on paper. I can also see courts ordering teenage criminals to complete the course as part of their bail terms, or as an alternative to giving them ASBOs. Like, I say, it's voluntary, and with many schools and parents unwilling to give children these kinds of experiences, for many it will be their first opportunity to experience the countryside, interact with the aged/disabled, and even travel abroad.

It's not going to do any harm, and in fact it may well do some good. If businesses get on board to help fund the project, the cost to the taxpayer would be minimal.

[delboy]

people will always need killing....

Let me be the first to say, "Killing is my Business, and business is good."

God, I feel like a prick.

[Lucky Rathen]

I'm too old to do national service, so I couldn't give a cock.