Just answer these questions in neutral and I care not of all your
excuses.
It's important that people understand their own roles and
responsibilities as people of the public.
Five questions should produce FIVE answers.
1) Do you admit that army boys stink and spread their BO on
public transport without any form of consideration for public
opinions?
2) Do you agree that this problem can be avoided or
resolved easily if the army boys regards public opinions
considerably to contain and reduce their stink and BO before they
hop onto public transport?
3) Do you agree that army boys wearing their uniform
should do their best to uphold their image as protector of this
country and take considerate amount of personal responsibility to
ensure they present/project only their best appearance/odour to the
public and especially when they are in the public?
4) Do you agree that Singapore army boys has much to learn from
overseas army boys in other non-third world countries regarding
public behaviour and image?
5) Do you agree that it is also unacceptable for Singaporean
guys who has been in the army or currently in the army, to discuss
about personal/group slayings using army equipments to
threaten and terrorise anonymous forumers in an online forum?
Answer 1:
Yes it is true that a certain percentage of NS Staff do have
body odour and that is a clear problem in social hygiene. However,
do note that out of this people, there are people who are and are
not self-aware of their surroundings. To say that every NS Staff
has odour and that everyone is not aware is not true.
Answer 2:
I do agree that the problem can be resolved easily if everyone
does listen to others opinions. But it only goes that far. No
one(not even any democratic government) can instill confirmity
within its population. If every NS Staff does indeed take measures
to reduce the BO emitted, it will definitely be of greater social
benefit should the criteria to answer 1 be met. But do note again,
that only goes that far also.
Answer 3:
Yes I agree that Army Boys do have to uphold their personal and
military image as protectors of this sovereign state. Being as
politically correct as possible, everyone should take full
responsibility for his social deeds/misdeeds on society. Public
image counts greatly to the generalised image of the SAF/RSAF/RSN
as a whole. But it is very hard to COMPLETELY ERADICATE odour. Some
people might find male perfume disturbing. I'd like to hear Parn's
view on that.
Answer 4:
This I disagree upon. Singapore has maintained a relative
well-rounded National Service regiment. I am half-Korean and I do
know the regiment of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. I have
lived in Israel for 2 years and I have basic understanding of their
culture. In these two countries, they both have compulsory National
Service. I beg to differ on this. Compared to the two countries
that I use in this case study, Singaporean NS Men are very
well-behaved in the public domain. Both Israel and the Republic of
Korea are now first-world countries(or second-tier, depending on
how you see GDP).
Answer 5:
I agree that it is unacceptable for NS Men to discuss about
matters which might threaten the social fabric of this nation(and
that includes the issue of directed hatred). No country's defence
force should allow such matters of civil and military contempt to
happen.
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This is my neutral answers to your question.
