Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
Okay, now you lost me completely... Why were you bringing up the issue of conscription in the first place?
Because a soldier who wastes the time and money of the army is the norm, not the exception, in a conscript army, and thus incidents like the one in your post won't raise an eyebrow.

Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
Let me see if I understand this, HoreTore.. please jump in if I'm wrong...

In your conscription system, you have to either serve as a Soldier or do some kind of civil service for 2 years, right? So the stereotype you have is that only junkies and welfare recipients choose the Soldier option? Correct me if I'm wrong here.

Either way, you seem to have a problem with the concept of the military and the concept of needing to defend yourself. You are upset that people have the option of attacking you. Seems like a mighty unreasonable stance to take. Might as well protest the weather.
Civil service(which was rightfully regarded as the worst option) was dumped years ago, and no longer exists.

My point with junkies and social welfare recipients, was that they contribute as much to society as a soldier does(ie. nothing), but the soldier takes out much more of society's resources than the first two groups(who additionally feel shame because of their condition and are often/most of the time there because of past life experiences have put them there).