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Anyone for National Service?

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 30 Oct 09

We still have National Service here in Greece from the age of eighteen. I'm interested to hear if other countries still have national service, if you went through it, what it was like. Maybe you went through it in the past, or a...

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term of service

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Does Obama new Nation Service Plan work?

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 22 Apr 09

It has been signed into law. But will it work? Personally I do not know anyone in my area that plans on being a paid "volunteer" now. Will it cause the reaction Obama wants? Sure the program is now in place. But will people us...

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will people do it

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National Service - Good or Bad Idea?

gemini_rose @gemini_rose (16264) 4 Jul 08

Last week, a sixteen year old boy went out for a night out with friends to celebrate finishing his school exams, they went to a nightclub. Upon leaving the nightclub there was trouble and as a result the boy was stabbed to death....

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Youth Crime against National Service

mijosy @mijosy (3) 3 Jul 08

Should we re-instate the natioanl service? Will the national service will help to takle youth crime? I wonder what is the solution for youth crime. Nowadays, younsters (some) do not have respect for themselves or elders. They...

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Gang Culture & Knife Crime - What Do You Think Can Be Done About It?

ellie333 @ellie333 (21016) 28 May 08

The age group of people getting involved in gangs and knife crime tends to be teenagers, especially boys. Do you think bringing back National Service would help stop this. In the UK we used to have it, in fact my father was a...

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What's wrong with conscription?

4ftfingers @4ftfingers (1310) 11 Dec 07

I strongly beleive that we should bring back conscription, or rather national service. Conscription is quite military specific and a lot of people protest militarianism. But there are many other ways to give back to your...

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National Service for petty crims? It has been suggested, here in Australia,

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 25 Apr 07

that a reasonable penalty for some crimes be a term of compulsory National Service. Juvenile crime and vandalism is rampant. Only today it was reported that someone was caught stealing from a store just hours after leaving...

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Should Conscription Be Brought Back?

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 18 Jan 07

A lot of problems in todays society are caused by youths, back in World War 2 conscription was used - Forced service, usually of young men of a given age, e.g. 17 – 18, for a set period of time, commonly 1 – 2 years. (In the...

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neil_johnson @neil_johnson (172) • India 7 Dec 06

should national service be made compulsory for all

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