Salvos back Young Labor draft plan (Australia)

[oioioi]

The Salvation Army has backed calls by NSW Young Labor for high school students to contribute to the community through compulsory national service.
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The state branch of Young Labor, the youth wing of the Australian Labor Party, supported mandatory national service for high school students as part of their graduation, the Herald reported today.
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When national service was last introduced in 1964 all Australian men aged 20 were required to register for two years in the army, followed by three years in the reserve.

Almost 64,000 were conscripted and more than 19,000 served in the Vietnam War.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/salvos-back-young-labor-draft-plan/2006/01/06/1136387602382.html

[tblue37]

1. You freaked me out.

My maiden name was "Salvo."

[Karmakaze]

2. Screw the Salvos...

Crazy bastard's that they are.

Involuntary servitude is SLAVERY. I don't give a damn what some whacked out Christian cult or numbskull youth labour group calls it, it is still slavery.

If they were to suggest that this "national service" specifically NOT include involuntary service in the military, then I might be more tolerant. But in reality NS is simply DRAFT by another name. Fuck NSW Young Labour AND the Salvos.