I just don’t understand why people sneer at national service

Plenty of countries do it and value it for the sense of social cohesion that it brings as well as the skills it teaches

Finland eg User Posted Link

Why sneer? I think it would be brilliant

Posted By: Old Git on February 17th 2025 at 17:28:02

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Any of you (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 17, 15:59:55
- Where will we get all the money from to pay for additional military? (General Chat) - footymadman, Feb 17, 20:13:55
- Any military conflict in 2025 is utterly embarrassing. (n/m) (General Chat) - Goosebumps, Feb 17, 18:47:57
  - They should do it on X (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Feb 17, 20:15:32
- if anyone were contemplating such a jolly i would recommend the summer tour (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 17, 18:18:25
  - Now you tell me (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 17, 18:36:49
- What's Ukraine? (n/m) (General Chat) - BarclayBazzin, Feb 17, 18:18:00
- I hope not (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 17, 17:29:16
- I'll have a think about it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Feb 17, 16:42:04
- Well, guess anyone who voted Conservative did (General Chat) - Bertie Russell, Feb 17, 16:13:12
  - Ha details. Tories wanted to bring back national service as well (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Feb 17, 16:17:38
    - I just don’t understand why people sneer at national service (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 17, 17:28:02
      - Today’s snowflake kids wouldn’t cope with it (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 17, 18:33:55
        
        Oh do fuck off (n/m) (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 17, 18:41:22
        
        Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Feb 17, 20:18:13
      - I think national service is a good idea (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 17, 18:21:38
      - I've got friends here that served in the Legion. (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 17:38:51
        
        I’ve got a mate who served down at the Legion. Is that the same thing? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 17, 20:14:16
        
        Did he have some kind of a disease? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 17, 21:35:05
        
        Was it Al Murray? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 20:29:28
      - It needs to be presented better than Rishi did (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 17, 17:38:06
      - IMHO if you force people to.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 17, 17:37:55
        
        Tbf nothing against the idea in principle … (General Chat) - loz, Feb 17, 17:42:37
    - You not going loz or hiding/fighting behind a keyboard (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 17, 16:22:24
      - Public service anyway but to be fair … (General Chat) - loz, Feb 17, 16:33:47

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