First of all, there's so many things I want to clear up
here.
1stly, i want to back up JusticeLegal (the TS) and also Parn.
Both of them have very sensible arguments, esp that long post by
Parn further up in this page.
and in case anyone doubts my credibility in NS (hello,
MidIllusionz,
NoahNoah, amv98, Fantagf), Nikar here is from SAF
Ammo Command during his NS days, ok?!
my vocation is GE Storeman II, rank is LCP.
to losers like MidIllusionz, NoahNoah,
amv98, pls stop trolling and flaming all the time
ok? i'm just airing my views and if you don't see fit, feel free to
back up your claims with evidence.
The thing is: nobody can deny that army guys indeed stink.
one example out of the many i can give:
when taking Bus 975, u will past by Tengah Airbase. those
airforce guys will board the bus there, and there's not so smelly
cos' they all No. 3 no slogging.
however, when the bus goes into old lim chu kang road, where Lim
Chu Kang Camp I and II are, that's where the bus takes on the
stench of corpses (not as bad, but smelly)
if anyone, including everyone who has served NS before, can come
and tell me that you've never encountered NS guys who stench the
air of the bus, then really, u win.
that's a fact which is un-deniable. No way to change
that.
Whether or not NS guys are noble and serve the country / protect
SGreans is ANOTHER DIFFERENT SEPARATE issue. NSFs
can kill Osama but the fact still lies that they're sweaty and
smelly and they stink. Two different issues.
TS's proposal of asking NSFs to take taxis is a bit too far,
because only those paper generals and armchair kings have that
kinda money to take taxi everyday.
besides, if smelly NSFs take taxis, the taxi uncle will suffer
and i pity him.
what MINDEF should do.......is to supply all NSFs with
deodorant.
come on, that isn't hard to do. To be fair, we have to consider
others' welfare onboard buses as well.
even i myself, as an NSF during my NS days who takes multi-baths
per day and check myself before i go home each day, find that the
stench from some NS guys (not all) are very gross indeed.
NSFs already have a lower-than-life reputation in SG. let's all
be more zhen-qi and have more pride in ourselves. Wearing that No.
4 uniform is not a thing to be proud of and being known that you're
an NSF makes you drop your head in shame.
and to hear of that 3G hype "with 3G, each SAF
soldier has the entire power of the SAF in his
arsenal" makes me want to dig a hole to hide my face
when foreigners read that.
the least we can do is to minimize the stench and sweat when we
book out into civilian enviroments.
