Chill cookie, at the end of the day no matter
what she says, the SAF still exists and will do its job when it
needs be.
I’ve read her posts… and I’m not entirely
sure if she’s a pacifist because she truly believes in pacifism… or
that she just needs a position to fire a salvos on Singapore’s
policies from. I wonder how quickly she might change her position
the moment she’s a victim of violence.
What did NS teach me? All the crap aside it
did make me physically fit. From an IPPT failed 3 pointer to SISPEC
IPPT silver. Like so many of you I’ve put metal onto targets,
learnt various infantry small arms, fired antitank weapons, blown
things to kingdom come with explosives, learnt to fight and survive
in varied environments from the jungle to the urban sprawl, rode
and trained to rappel from helicopters, met the people who taught
me close combat that eventually led me on the path learning
Brazillain Jui-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts so that I can defend
myself and my loved ones even as a civilian, and also learning to
look out for the man next to you and trusting him with your life as
well as he trusting you with his.
All the crap of NS aside, I hardly think that
National Service is an emasculating process. Yes some of the
policies about it needs to be changed to give our guys a leg up in
the civvies world in Singapore, but I think the position that NS is
NOT for our guys is a ludicrous position. Complain the soldier
will, but he can’t deny at the end of the day he was a tougher
person at the end of it.
Our local men can’t hold a
candle to any foreign man? I am not entirely sure what she’s
looking for but the bunch of men I am brothers in arms with do know
their stuff when it comes to crunch time… I’m not entirely sure if
that’s the case for our vaunted foreign counterpart.
The irony is that if I
ever saw Rooki in trouble from violence... I would use
the very skills that I learnt in the system that she loves to
slam so much to help her. I don't know about pacifism, but I know
that some things are worth defending risking danger and
sacrifice.