Pick up your rifle & DIE for your country!!!  

You paint a very bad picture of your country.

I always thought that Singapore was one of the most ideal
and democratic countries in Asia.

I just like to wish you all the very best.

roland.
sydney australia.

I hope it goes well for you. Most countries I know of have a mandatory military service system in place. In fact, the only exception I know is my own country, the USA. Personally, I don't think it's such a bad idea. I'm sorry the situation over there is so bad, though. Good luck.

I would think it is an honour to serve the country in times of need. I have heard many stories and views from friends who have served the army. So far, many have shared your view, and there were few with a different opinion. Singapore is but a small country with only people as the main resource. After reading the history of Singapore and the pain of growing the country after gaining independence, I can understand why the conscription is in place. It might be more acceptable if the females were included.

They used to have the draft in the U.S. and many thousands of American men (the draft did not include women) left the country and did indeed become labeled at "draft dodgers" never to be able to return to their families or homeland without fear of arrest.

They no longer have the draft, but there has been talk of bringing it back to help increase or supplement the size of the military here. I do not think the populus wants that to happen again. If you are not miliatry minded or an active patriot of the country I think you (not you, but us) would prefer others to do the fighting and protecting and to let us continue to live our lives as is.

I am unfamiliar with how the politics and government in your country works. How can they pull people throughout the year away from family and jobs? Are your jobs held? What about if you are in school? Is there no "reason" to be let out of this conscription? Is this just a thing that always was and always will be without people stepping up to question the whole process? If you protest are you flagged as a "bad" person by your friends? Does it bother you enough that you have considered leaving your country?

I know for me being TOLD I have to do something and MADE to do it would be totally against how I go through life. I can deal with rules and proper order, but it is my choice to follow or not follow ~ I know the consequences if I do not, and I choose to follow (within the boundaries - though I do like to stretch them a bit), but it is still MY choice.

This must be a difficult thing to live with.
I hope it does not become the choice between giving up yourself, or giving up your country -- you are in a hard situation.

What you call conscription is called "The draft" over here.People haven't been drafted into the military in a long time.It's only used in extreme cases of emergency like if there were a war and they needed more troops but like i said they have not had the draft in years.It is an honor to serve one's country but on the other hand,I don't feel secure about people protecting our country by force .

As has been mentioned above, The United States used to require service (the draft), but no longer does so. Military service is optional. I favor this situation, and would be severely disappointed in them reinstating the draft. On the other hand, maybe a compulsory military experience would have done me some good. It's a moot point, at this point in time, however.

I am not a military person. Not by a long short. That is not to say that I don't respect those who are willing and able to serve in my country's military. Just that I won't volunteer to do so. And I'll be pissed if I'm forced to.

I am not (or try not to be) a conformist. I avoid doing things because "everybody else is doing it", or because someone orders me to do it. I may end up doing something in one of those categories because I feel it is worthwhile, but it won't be because of either of those reasons. The current United States political environment is a perfect example. I have not believed in the invasion of Iraq since day 1. If I were in the military, I would be assigned at the whim of someone that I really, really don't respect much.

My $0.02 at the moment.

Stay positive for the 2 week and it will pass by very fast. You can take it as a paid time off since you civilian pay is not affected.

You basicially have no choice, unless you give up your citizenship.

of course, we must die because the president said that
That's right...

no, i don't understand why the human should kill other human

Well I think that every young man should be trained in the armed forces it used to be this way in Australia as well where we had conscription it teaches the men to be a man. Also there would not be so many men being rascals and doing the wrong thing in regards to their own country. Oh I do not agree with the way your country deals with this but I know our does not as my eldest son used to be in the army.

I think I would feel very unhappy if I was in the same position as you as I think you should be able to live your life the way you want to since you already served your country. They should not be able to make you rejoin the army for any period of time and they should try to find new recruits. You did your job already. I think that is very unfair to you. I wish you the best as well and hope things will go okay and that you will be safe.