This is what happens when you let too many in

Originally posted by nursery ↑

Time to return to having National service. There seems to be only two things that build nationalism and comradeship with Australians, sport and war. We can do without the war but a time in service with any branch of the armed service is beneficial for character building. When you train the first thing you learn is discipline and the first thing you experience is mateship. You learn to rely on others to survive and you learn the boundaries that you can operate within. You also have to keep yourself physically fit.

The advantage too, is that we will have a trained Army, Air Force and Navy should we find the need to defend our shores. (again)

Things start in the early morning when you have to have made your bed. Then have a proper breakfast, a shave, polish your boots etc, and be on the parade ground on time. Those things stay with you for life.

Most of the young demonstrators just lack discipline, and a sense of community pride. They don't appreciate the true value of being able to live in Australia and enjoy the way of life we have fought hard to achieve and how hard some of will fight to maintain it.

The same applies in many other organizations such as the volunteer fire brigade, the sea rescue and the police force. It doesn't matter if the person next to you is a Jew, an Aboriginal, Chinese, Scottish, Irish or Arab. All that matters is that you and they are in the same boat. All that is necessary is that they all row the boat in the same direction and with the same effort. (I used to row bow in both surf boats and fours. When you row bow you can see how hard all the others are rowing)

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''Time to return to having National service. There seems to be only two things that build nationalism and comradeship with Australians, sport and war''

so, you think that Australia was united and there wasn't division in Australia during conscription and national service

1964 Menzies (Liberal Party) brought in National service

1972 Whitlam slammed it away in the first minutes of his victory acceptance speech

Now if you don't understand or know that there were protests and riots in Australia on a massive scale in that era

then, you shouldn't be voting, nor driving, and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near kiddies

Go walk among the many memorial sites for Aussies who died in the totally pointless war, speak to Vets who are damaged to this day, look at how many you cannot speak to because they have suicided. Look at how many tens of thousands of great grandchildren unborn because their fathers died in an atrocious war created by a very stupid nation which Australia blindly followed trying to kill one of the most friendly people on the planet who we now call friends.

what an idiotic statement you've put up - totally devoid of common sense, decency, history and morals

if you have grandchildren or great grandchildren - they are the ones who you are supporting to send to their deaths ------ trying to kill someone else's grandchildren or greatgrandchildren