Quote Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer View Post
My argument is that BECAUSE they are idiots you teach them to become responsible adults in a non predatory way, while also having some national defense in case any neighboring country wants to get cute. It's not due to the fact that they are idiots then we should treat them as idiots and never teach them to become responsible adults, and therefore leaving them to be idiots ad infinitum.

Not everyone in mil training becomes John Rambo, or is Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots running out of bullets and then shooting people with chickens. You can become radar engineers, mechanics, cooks, etc. You get exposed to these things free of charge and get actual useful skills for the real adult life and get paid instead of being charged for this. Like opening cans, tieing knots, magnetic north, generally useful stuff.
Seems easier just to keep them away from guns altogether. I appreciate that's not possible in every country though.




Quote Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer View Post
Then you go to the Uni if you want to. Then you go wait tables if you want to. Then you go under the bridge to smoke crack and meth if you want to. You were given a leg up in life and debt free while at it, you decide what to do with it, I can only hope you take correct choices, particularly hen seeing what real hardship looks like, and the fate of other people/places in the world you could come in contact with while serving.

It's about getting you out of your comfort zone, of parents bubble, of the "safe spaces" LOL , and being thrown into the real world, to see which skills are actually needed/desired, and letting you grow into adulthood without being burdened by instances who would love to have you enslaved. Universities lately have basically become safe spaces, full of fragile bitches who nowadays are trained that if they disagree with someone you have to block them.

Everything being solved by loans you just pad up those who give loans, and create a modern slave based work force in the process.

The idea is to get every young adult a leg up in life, without being burdened by the modern vultures who understand the inflection points on when exactly to get them to play ball at their most vulnerable.
Spending two years of my life in the army sounds more like getting held back than getting a leg up to me.