Plans for 50 Hours of Compulsory Voluntary Work for All Under 19

[Plank]

Why should it just be young people that do it to 'bring the community together'. Surely adults are part of the community as well? If they made everyone do at least 50 hours of community service in their life time - can you imagine the uproar then?

[rnix]

The majority of people will not do teh work, they will find some way not to do it.
Like the people on benefits who choose not to work they arnt being made to work.
& To be honest, i dont see how it will help? So little imature prats (yes some teens are prats (maybe many)) working in a charity shop? I dont see this being a big success.

[Blinger1]

Why should it just be young people that do it to 'bring the community together'. Surely adults are part of the community as well? If they made everyone do at least 50 hours of community service in their life time - can you imagine the uproar then?

If they start it now, in 50 years time the children will have done it too.

Its a new cycle.

[Hushie]

How are they going to force people into doing it anyway?

[Plank]

If they start it now, in 50 years time the children will have done it too.

Its a new cycle.

That still doesn't make it right. It is forced, unpaid labour.

How are they going to force people into doing it anyway?

It's probably one of those things which will never work out. I suspect a lot of people may be feeling slightly 'ill'.

[FlyingJesus]

Why should it just be young people that do it to 'bring the community together'. Surely adults are part of the community as well? If they made everyone do at least 50 hours of community service in their life time - can you imagine the uproar then?

Generally adults work anyway, and pay taxes and stuff so really do a lot more for the community than kids, let's face it.

The majority of people will not do teh work, they will find some way not to do it.

How are they going to force people into doing it anyway?

It'll be part of the curriculum just like school is, read more and rage less then you might work it out.

I can't believe people are so unwilling to use 50 out of about 166,000 hours that you have before turning 19 to help others and the country as a whole. It's really nothing at all, no wonder so many kids are fat if they can't do that much work.

[Blinger1]

I can't believe people are so unwilling to use 50 out of about 166,000 hours that you have before turning 19 to help others and the country as a whole. It's really nothing at all, no wonder so many kids are fat if they can't do that much work.

Well said. +rep mate

[-:Undertaker:-]

The flaw is that the kids who are the problem in society will refuse to do it, and that means your just punishing the good kids. Don't worry anyway, New Labour will be out of office in 2010.

[Plank]

Generally adults work anyway, and pay taxes and stuff so really do a lot more for the community than kids, let's face it.

It'll be part of the curriculum just like school is, read more and rage less then you might work it out.

I can't believe people are so unwilling to use 50 out of about 166,000 hours that you have before turning 19 to help others and the country as a whole. It's really nothing at all, no wonder so many kids are fat if they can't do that much work.

Yeah, but paying taxes and working doesn't exactly bring the community together. Childhood should be spent doing things what kids do - after all, they will have to work and pay taxes when they are older. It's not really out of 19 years either, because there are only a few years at the end of this period when youngsters are probably able to do it. I mean, forcing a bunch of chavs to work in a charity shop or sweep the streets - I can't imagine it going down lightly, or even benefiting the community.

Some people may support the idea and think it is brilliant - fair enough, go out and do some voluntary work then. But those that don't want to do it shouldn't have to.

[:Technical]

I'm against the idea. Even though it might be good in the long run its treating young adults like slaves. Only because they cant get enough workers to do it for them and they wont raise the pay so they pick on young adults who, lets face it, aren't exactly going to start a petition about it.

To actually get a petition read you have to come to Scotland because the scottish parliment have to read you petition. But in England they can just throw it out the winow without reading it or send you mail back saying basicly "we're not interested, we make the rules - not you".

Did you know?
Scottish courts have a "not proven" verdict, English courts must choose "not guilty" or "guilty".

God the world isn't fair.