Taiwan is still facing threats from China but they got rid of the national service. They did the right thing as populations ageing, they need the younger people to replace the ageing to support the economies and to support aged parents.
Here in Singapore, they did the wrong and cruel way. They get the younger foreigners to replace the ageing but not only that, in a very aggressive way, our local companies shows no mercy and loyalty.
What is the real reason? Heard how dog obedience school work?
Our brain is like a computer, most of the time, they behave like repetitive way. When we are young, we tend to follow our parent religions, we see, how they pray, went to places of worships and heard stories of deities and to follow the religious practices without questionings, like another software being downloaded to our brains.
National Service is the same thing, we are being punished for disobedience. We were force to instill disciplines and loyalty to the state. During the two and half years, spend most of the time thinking and doing for the state. Like a dog obedience school, we were shaped to be loyal and to fear the Master.
The PAP, will never let go of National Service, period. It goes hand in hand having the only national newspaper to serve the master. Imagine 50 years, they still hold on to power? Readers, PAPs are master of deceptions. Everyday, they go to war against the citizens not to benefit us but rather to benefit themselves. If their decisions or policies went wrong, who pays, WE WE WE!! pay, not them, not only that, they are the highest paid politicians, a Guinness world record.
Aziz Kassim