Cameron's 'national service' plan

initial angry response tempered after realising it wasnt compulsory
then encouraging charity work is good but it is not national service there are other ways to get voluntary service and it is up to the voluntary sector to do it though inspiring people to do charitable things is good
any legislation is likely to have a coercive side which is stupid forcing people to give to charity?? then i see the money incentive now you are paying people to give to charity ?? thats also strange philosophicly not a frugal thing for government to do?! in the end i guess national service is something they want to bring back in and this is a program that could seem benign but then be ramped up and at least condition the children to being controlled by the government in this war on terror which nobody believes in army places are hard to fill so they are angling for the draft?!

ask the church about character reform dont think forcing national service is going to do any more than the allready compulsory work placement scheme does for fixing the morals of britain.


Cameron's 'national service' plan
ITN - 1 hour 38 minutes agoTory leader David Cameron wants every 16-year-old to devote their summer to "patriotic" national service under radical proposals for fixing Britain's "broken society".

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School leavers would be encouraged to join six-week projects such as military training, working with the elderly and even travelling overseas to help in Third World countries.

Mr Cameron said he felt "very passionate" about the idea, saying: "This will make people feel proud about themselves and about their country."

Young people would not be legally obliged to take part in the National Citizen Service but Mr Cameron said he hoped it would be too attractive to pass up.

Participants would be eligible for a cash sum on completion, with half going to a charity of their choice and the rest to the organisation that ran the project.

Mr Cameron said: "It will mix people from different countries. North and south, black and white, rich and poor. They will be putting something back into the community.

He continued: "It will be a way of learning respect for our country and each other just like national service was.

"This could really change our country for the better. I feel very passionate about this. It should be a part of every child's experience.

"You should go from primary school to secondary school, and then at 16 your citizen service. We cannot afford not to do this."