With the recent shocking riots perpertated by mainly Multi -ethnic youths across British Cities, should the British Government bite the bullet, and reintroduce "National Service"?

Compulsory service in the Army and Navy would knock the disrespect and arrogance out of these foul mouthed psuedo hood young men and women.

They would learn discipline, an dcould be made to work rebuilding Britains riot scarred cities.

They would learn how to channel their riotous energy for good ,not the destruction of their own neighbourhoods businesses and heritage buidings.

They would be physically punished for stepping out of line at boot camp and during their three year service.

It would take the aimless gutter thinking and acting youth of the streets,and add valuable numbers to Britains flagging armed forces.

Years ago they did it, so why not now?

This would transform riotous thieving yobs into purposeful self respecting youth.

I believe this would be a very popular decision.

I personally like the concept and would be inclined to agree with you if this was the world of 20 years ago that didn't involve so much senseless military action. I would be proud to send my son to serve his country if there were no risk of him being killed in some war that we as a nation (I'm American) have no business being a part of (Libya, ect.)

I believe every Western country should re-introduce National Service. Kids now days are dis-respectful and NS would starighten them out a little bit.

What needs to happen ,is to give back the power to the parents to discipline their children ,without threats of having social services or threats of children suing there parents.

More power to the parents is the answers..

The do Gooders are wrong ,they gave these kids to much power ,and they believe the world owes them a living.

When i was 8 years old ,i stole £5 from my mothers purse ,and my father turn up in the park were i was with my friends ,and search me ,found the £5 and gave me a slap in front of my friends and dragged me home ,i never ever touched my mothers purse ever again ,even to this day ,i won't even touch my wife's purse from the hard lesson i learn as a kid from the good hiding my dad gave me ,infact i never stole ever again.

i know most of these kids don't have fathers anymore ,but still the power need to be given back to the parents.

No

The country cannot afford it nor does the PROFFESSIONAL army want it.

Maybe a form of a bootcamp style prison for offenders would be more appropriate, similar to the ones in the US. They have good results and instill the same discapline as military service.

Originally posted by EvanB
No

The country cannot afford it nor does the PROFFESSIONAL army want it.

Maybe a form of a bootcamp style prison for offenders would be more appropriate, similar to the ones in the US. They have good results and instill the same discapline as military service.

No not similar to the ones here... These kids need to have the fear of God put in them, not sit around and watch tv until meal time. I think you have a misconception of our prison system in America. The only thing they worry about here is getting raped in the showers, but now they give them a chem solution that prevents an erection, so no worries really... It's sort of an empty consequence that just breeds more criminal behavior because all they have to do inside is learn from each other better methods of crime

The thing that struck me upon watching the riots and the interviews with the youth was how thickheaded and insensititive the perpertrators sounded.
Its like its cool now for the youth nowadays to be as ignorant as possible and a s hard as hell.
No art, no inspiration, no nuthin,
Just smash the window get the xbox, get the Big TV , then skulk off into the abyss.
They truly need National Service.

Originally posted by TheThirdAdam

Originally posted by EvanB
No

The country cannot afford it nor does the PROFFESSIONAL army want it.

Maybe a form of a bootcamp style prison for offenders would be more appropriate, similar to the ones in the US. They have good results and instill the same discapline as military service.

No not similar to the ones here... These kids need to have the fear of God put in them, not sit around and watch tv until meal time. I think you have a misconception of our prison system in America. The only thing they worry about here is getting raped in the showers, but now they give them a chem solution that prevents an erection, so no worries really... It's sort of an empty consequence that just breeds more criminal behavior because all they have to do inside is learn from each other better methods of crime

There are penal bootcamps in the US which have had great success in transforming delinquents lives.

They are prisons, but based on marine/army basic training on steroids! Obviously there is no weapons training, but fitness and total discapline is enforced in much the same lines as a british military prison, where you are up at 5am, on parade by 5.30am for inspection, then PT, group punishment for individual discapline infringements, having to ask permission even to go to the toilet, military drill etc.

They have to make the grade and "graduate" the program, and those who continue to be an asswipe end up doing the program again, getting kept back until they do.

This is what I think is needed with young offenders with a chip on their shoulder. They soon learn discapline and self control, and when they are not being beasted on a run or parade ground, they are having classes on how to conduct their lives, numeracy and literacy what they missed by being asses at school.

You dont graduate the program, you dont go home.. Then after care at home too.. If the parents are morons then they get to do the program too!

no i do not think it would be a good idea ,

just think about it , we take thugs off the street and train them to be a fighting machine and to work in teams.

national service would not change the mind set of these people it would just make them more dangerous
i don,t have the answer but i don,t think it is national service .