National Service is a waste of time to say the least!

Is it?

Brought up this topic in the light of the 2 soldiers who died in Taiwan a few days back
(notice the TW govt didn't even apologize.. Geez TW! Hope China pwn them). Apparantly, the Chinese male guy is a friend of a friend.

As a rather patriotic citizen of Singapore myself, NS is extremely important i believe. But sadly, the negative aspect triumph over the positive aspect. I don't find NS for say.. a year, and no ICT commitment. Apparently not so.

NS has no benefits with exception to the physical fitness aspect. Yet you are on a $400 dollars meager allowance to slog & put your life on the line. It's hurts me so to see serviceman fall not in a war, but in training. The negative of NS is tremendous! Beside the 2 year delay in our life, Male Singaporean are facing discrimination @ work. yes in Singapore! because of the need to fulfill our ICT/Reservist commitment and we face significant downtime in work; which cause us male singaporean to lose our competitive age to Indian & China FT .. technically, i won't even call them talent. They are mere mortal, We Singaporean work attribute certainly on par or even surpass them.

Do read the below blog entry of a blogger. It disgusted me with the compensation offered to the guy who was stricken with full body paralysis after a heatstroke in training. $500 per mth in exchange for that poor guy's life time of unfulfill dreams, hopes and aspiration.

http://edmund-ng.blogspot.com/2007/05/untold-truths-of-national-service.html

Sick World.