see what i mean? It is ppl's perception to the army that's
degrading the job itself. Not everyone in the army behaves the same
way....No wonder ppl always comment that army personnel are a bunch
of lazy bummers. Only lazy, people with no ambition, not educated
and what have you sign on with the army. I'm not going to try to
deny any of the above, in fact, i agree and testify, to a certain
extent, the truth that can be found in that statement cause there
are bound to be black sheeps in every occupation, i.e. Bishops with
sex scandals, Presidents' and prime ministers with sex scandals,
infidelity among royalties, Major crimes, rapes and drug abuse,
committed by sports/superstars who are idolised by millions. I
think i've made my point.
You could argue that these are isolated cases, but why can't you do
the same for people who carve out a career in the army? People who
literally bleed and sweat to earn their pay, how many jobs out
there can say the same thing? (no offence to the
coustruction/building industry or foreign labours and any other
whom i missed out) Though i won't be able to say that the majority
of the army personnels are there because of patriotism or honour,
but at least 20% of them fall into that category, the rest are just
there to earn their keep. But i'm quite positively sure that in
times of needs, most, if not ALL of them will be there to do their
job, look at who went for up to Timor and Iraq. That's called
professionalism. And that's what some of the guys in the job have.
They deserve more respect than they are getting....
