And I agree with you 100% realistic.....

As I said, they should never have done away with it in the first place, and I would love to see it brought back. NS shaped men, built character, and gave a sense of pride in oneself and respect for the fellow man.

The problem is, could it work today? With the PC culture. The sergeant bawls at one of the little cherubs, and before he knows it, some slick human rights lawyer is on the case, pressing for damages for 'hurt feelings' or some load of tosh.

It does work in other countries, but it has to be said, those countries have by and large, got a grip on their youth culture, whereas we........!

Throw the PC crap away, and it could work here. Somehow though, wishing for a return to NS, we're more than likely to be onto a losing wicket. The MoD would be very unlikely to want conscripts, and the government would be very unlikely to fund such a move, seeing as they've successively spent the last three decades destroying and downsizing our armed forces.

Then again, we might be pleasantly surprised one day.

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