In the navy, you can get 'nap-nap' time.
Federal Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop has advocated lowering the age of Defence
Force recruitment to 14 to reverse a slump in recruitment numbers.
Okedokey. kero-bath lady wants kids in the military.
What were you doing when you were 14? Well I think I would have been in Year 8, a year out of primary school. I think I may still have been playing with Ninja Turtles and Micro Machines. Memory is a bit hazy, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't stationed as a friggin' peace-keeper in East Timor.
Can't help but wonder why theres a slump in recruitment numbers.
She was only of course merely suggesting this. To Young Libs. The Howard-Youth anyone?
posted by Larry Bonewend @ 6:24 pm
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I wonder if Bronnie realises that we signed up to a nifty piece of international law on Child Soldiers.
The military seriously f*cked up the lives of many a teen soldier/sailor/airman by moulding them so young. We're still paying for it. You can't put people that young in a hyper masculine environment when they do not have the emotional tools to make a reasoned assessment of what they hear. That's how things like the Hitler youth happened.
A typical rightist 'remember the time when the women stayed home and cooked for their husband, who then came home and threw his dinner against the wall cause it was not cooked the way like mother makes' crap from Hair Bun.
Mikey
"God help me, I was only ni.. fourteen"
I feel ill that any politicial, let alone the ruling party could suggest anything even remotely like this.
What was that recent documentary on Aunty about people not being able to fully see consequences of their actions until their 25? Always thought it true, very poignant in this.
I 'spose it might beat a poor-people conscription/mop-up though, but that's about it.
If I get a tattoo, I plan it to say something along the lines of "Not for individual sale. Line dry, do not iron, do not conscript."
You are so missing the point of this. Studies have shown that children aren't fully aware of their actions, that's why children generally aren't tried as adults.
Giving an adult a gun in the military and telling them to kill somebody is always risky becuase an adult may have second thoughts about this as they are aware of what the consequences of their actions. Give a gun to child in the military however and this is unlikely to happen because they really aren't aware of the consequences of their actions and as such are less likely to question their orders.
It's a win-win situation. More efficient and remorseless killing machines and kids get to play with some really cool toys/weapons.
Anarcho, I am new to this blogging world. But your ultra realist views scare me ... :)
I'm sure that Defence does not want 14 year olds in its ranks. The legal implications for when something went wrong are just hideous.
That being said, guns are kewl.
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