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[CharlieBrown]

I enjoyed the series bad lads army where they took said chav scum and taught them a thing or 2 about discipline.

Was an interesting series and it seemed to work (but who really knows if it did?)

I am unsure about national service, in some ways I agree with it in the sense that it will teach people discipline and get people working for the country and appreciating what the services actually do for them.

I had a German friend at uni and he did his service in the Airforce ambulance service, certainly opened his eyes, especial attending the scene of a bad fire.

Not quite the same but I was in the Air Cadets and learnt a lot there and enjoyed myself.


However I would think putting some scum into the services teaching them how to fight and shoot for a year and then release them into society would not be a good idea at all.

Perhaps they could use it as an alternative to going to jail like they did in the old days???


I am proud of my country, I think so many people forget how much better off we are than some people. I’m not saying Briton is perfect but there are much worse places!

[JamesF]

Anyways, what would your wardens bait their chav traps with?

A nerd walking down the street listening to an iPod, talking on his flash phone with a fat wallet halfway out of his pocket.

However I would think putting some scum into the services teaching them how to fight and shoot for a year and then release them into society would not be a good idea at all.

I was going to say something like that. Do people really want chavs to actually know how to use the weapons they carry around?

[Amy]

Another story to add to this topic:

Hamster Madness

Now, perhaps the fire crews were bored, or have lots of extra money in the budget to waste doing 'rescues' like this... But I'm not impressed.... I hope the mother has paid for their time or at least made some sort of donation!

[JamesF]

The hamster, who was being looked after for a friend during the school holidays, has now been missing for eight days.

That's enough time to be able to call the police about someone missing, isn't it?