tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post2034452214068637783..comments2023-09-17T00:03:40.095+08:00Comments on Almost Infamous: In Defense of DefenseAlmost Infamous Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15206992815096698725noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-35266302539117770982009-01-23T02:21:00.000+08:002009-01-23T02:21:00.000+08:00I see no moral obligation to fight for a regime wh...I see no moral obligation to fight for a regime whose values are anathema to mine. In the case of conscription or drafts in war, I am not against the fragging of officers. They are better off leaving people who have no wish to serve alone. <BR/><BR/>People I love? People whom I love all have the ability to leave this country.<BR/><BR/>How about the <I>gahmen</I> hire foreign talents to do the fighting for us?<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.</I> (William Ralph Inge)<BR/><BR/><I>There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.</I> (Arthur C. Clarke)<BR/><BR/><I>Nature is the only ruler. I shit on flags.</I> (Reinhold Messner)-benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192310743432432356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-72910233459247921892009-01-23T02:20:00.000+08:002009-01-23T02:20:00.000+08:00Yep, even after serving my entire NS liability, I ...Yep, even after serving my entire NS liability, I still feel resentful at having been made to do it. It's not having to serve one's country - I have no problem with that - it's the stupidity, hypocrisy and plain do-it-for-the-sake-of-doing-it nature of NS that gets to me. Everyone who has done NS knows that it doesn't serve a real purpose. Yet the irony is that we will continue to spend huge amounts of resources on this meaningless and punitive ritual even in a time when we can least afford it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01319951320590477842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-33782326803928451112009-01-22T16:55:00.000+08:002009-01-22T16:55:00.000+08:00I never thought I'd see the word schadenfreude use...I never thought I'd see the word schadenfreude used, ever.<BR/><BR/>Grats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-74311511885528212872009-01-22T16:14:00.000+08:002009-01-22T16:14:00.000+08:00There's a reason I wrote the title as it is - I am...There's a reason I wrote the title as it is - I am not against NS. I am dead against the way it's been implemented.<BR/><BR/>Any number of things can be done to make NS a truly worthwhile experience - proper pay for NSMen for one, attachment of certain "premium" rights for another.<BR/><BR/>The simple fact is that NS has been created on the cheap, and is sustained on the cheap, and knows no other way of going on except on the cheap. Making NS worthwhile involves increasing costs, or reducing the onerousness of the obligations. And like any other system, those with the power to change the system are those who benefit most from the system as it currently is.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404874584727768253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-13497757771710542602009-01-22T14:43:00.000+08:002009-01-22T14:43:00.000+08:00The far greater price that we NSmen face is DEATH ...The far greater price that we NSmen face is DEATH while serving the country.<BR/><BR/>To add insult to injury, Mindef recently had to be sued by parents of a NSF who was injured and is now comatose in hospital to pay his medical bills.<BR/><BR/>Mindef wanted to weasel its way out of paying saying the NSF was not "on duty" even though he was in camp and could not book out when he was injured.<BR/><BR/>I've encountered 1 case of a regular dying in tank overturn and 1 NSman collapse and die during ICT IPPT. Risk of dying in NS is REAL not some "Oh, it can't happen to ME but to someone else".<BR/><BR/>Why risk dying for a regime that penalises you for being born with a penis whilst welcoming foreign talons who rip against you in the job market, housing market and for public infrastructure such as MRT, buses, queues for stuff?<BR/><BR/>http://military-life.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Majullah Singapura.PanzerGrenadierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836438378215893219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-78404619360604162672009-01-22T12:56:00.000+08:002009-01-22T12:56:00.000+08:00An additional point. After becoming suckers, we c...An additional point. After becoming suckers, we can't help but get pissed when we see others successfully get out of NS. If we suffered, then others must suffer as well.<BR/><BR/>Hence the anger against the pianist (or was it the violinist) who skipped his NS but only received a nominal fine, a few years back. Also that feeling of angst that foreigners and women do not have to serve.<BR/><BR/>Well, I sure hope I can pass my IPPT during my next reservist...Fargoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989329451348414543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-55132827364334641772009-01-22T01:17:00.000+08:002009-01-22T01:17:00.000+08:00I agree fully, Khayce.I agree fully, Khayce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12118472.post-57259184852894527402009-01-21T17:39:00.000+08:002009-01-21T17:39:00.000+08:00Ha! Ha! Sucker!Ha! Ha! Sucker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com