• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    I believe it is a good idea, not only will it foster a closer feeling of unity and understanding between citizens, it will also be something all citizens have in common, and something you can talk about with anyone.

    I am a bit sad that I never got to do it, I did muster, but failed the hearing test, at the time I was relieved, but now, I miss it sort of.

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      11 months ago

      If you want to bring people together create a program to do such thing. Forcing them into a shooting at people and dropping bombs course is the worst thing you could possibly come up with.

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        11 months ago

        You’re able to refuse active military service and will be put into a civil service position. No one is forced to “shoot at people”.

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          In your mind perhaps, in my country before they abolished military service you would get fined and sent to jail if you refused to go and they would teach everyone at last once how to shot a gun towards targets made to resemble human beings.

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            11 months ago

            I’m talking about Germany as this article is talking about the potential reintroduced of mandatory military service there.

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        11 months ago

        Again, I said it was a good idea, not the be all end all of bringing people together, that is just one benefit of mandatory service.

        You guys are really trying to misunderstand me.

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        11 months ago

        First world militaries do a hell of a lot more than fight. For example, talking to a young guy at a party last night and the older host. Kid’s a Navy SIGINT guy, host is about to retire from commercial sailing. They got to chatting and the kid had been monitoring threats in the area the host’s ship had passed through in '21.

        After Hurricane Ivan the Florida Guard rolled in and saved our asses. After Katrina my ex-FIL led the Mississippi guard into south MS. They cut houses in half to open the roads.

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          11 months ago

          In japan when a tsunami or earthquake hit the yakuza always help the locals, that does not make them any good.

          Firefighters are not teach how to attack countries with biological weapons or psyop