National Service may be compulsary once again.

[Pyroka]

Apparently, today in parliment and on the news they were discussing what to do about people who commit offenses daily, have ASBOs and still don't give a damn. With the jails filling up too, they can't go on for much longer. Today, I heard that someone suggested National Service (compulsary army service) be the solution to this problem of young youths who spend their time drinking, causing criminal damage & relatively being a nuisance to the public.

I for one will not stand for this, because this is punishing all young people from 18-25 (I think) who have done good as well. What I think they should do is bring everyone who has a criminal record into the service for a X amount of years. Some would say this would cause a 'bad lads army' but in the end, the program on ITV did it and that changed them into real disciplined people. I can't see them doing it for the general nation... But they might.

Other suggestions were to be tougher on teenagers/young adults in criminal situations compared to adults. It is fact that teenagers get the benefit of the doubt and adults do get it alot worse. In this time and age, National Service would not be the way to go. I don't have a actual report on it, but when I heard from my mother I quite literally had a heartattack.

Whatcha think of all of it? I wouldn't make it up if it wern't true tbh.

[jesus]

i've been thinking this for years - 'people who commit offenses daily, have ASBOs and still don't give a damn' sent away to the army to give them a taste of their own medicine in a way, and make them the little guys who are getting ordered around.

[Pyroka]

They've suggested National Service for widespread purposes though. That's the worry of it all. Would you want to be sent out?

[Jordy]

I'd wouldn't mind if National Service would return really, but it would cost a lot for the whole nation and would slow us down as I want to become a lawyer, I'd be 25 starting university, I'm going to be about 29-30 when I get a degree which I think is a reasonable bit of life wasted

So yeah I think anyone who has a reasonable criminal records should do it.

[jesus]

nope - i am completely against that idea. they stopped it for a reason.

[Pyroka]

Exactly... & Jordy, it'd probably be 1-2 years however it's just saying right now. It would bring a bigger punishment to people who are young and feel commiting crimes is 'fun'. There'd be new recruits everyday when you think about it.

[Breakfloor]

GOOD. BRING BACK NATIONAL SERVICE AND SEND EVERYODY INTO THE FORCES!

[Immenseman]

What? So even if you weren't commiting crimes you'd still have to do service?

[Breakfloor]

no, but if war broke out, you would.

[Kardan]

Sounds great, my grandfather had to do that or go to prison, he went to Libya and served there for numerous years and it only did him good.

Bring it back