Originally posted by depressed:
without intending to continue the needless argument which
might get too irrelevant, i have here a post from someone and you
decide abt it:
During my time as a medical officer, I met many people like Pavin.
They had great difficulties coming to terms with serving in the
SAF. Some threatened suicide. Many said exactly what Pavin had
said. Many a time I told them it was the law that they had to
serve. No amount of reasoning should change that. Many of these
boys said they never had a say, and it was all their parent's
decision to come to Singapore, yet their father's never had to
serve NS and thus did not know exactly what they were talking about
when they ask their sons to serve NS.
I recall very clearly one Indonesian Singapore PR (2nd generation)
who told me "If Singapore and Indonesia go to war, I will run to
the Indonesians and fight for them. [b]I will use your SAF weapons
and what I learned from the SAF to kill people like you, rape your
wives and daughters and laugh in your face"
when that happens, you will be paid fully for the warped sense of
"bills" that comes with interest as well.[/b]
Get serious. The guy doesn't want to serve NS but he wants to go
to war? 
You want me to read and decide about it? My answer remains
unchanged. These kids need to talk to Mummy and Daddy and say, "I
don't want to serve NS, get me out of here". If the parents don't
give in, it's the parents' doing, not the government's.
