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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
I freely admit to being a right-wing, euro-sceptic, authoritarian, in favour of National Service, Corporal Punishment and Capital Punishment.
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National Service - A thoroughly bad idea these days. A modern soldier requires a much better skill set than in the "good old days". The average person off the street wouldn`t make an effective soldier, even with training, unless you are advocating using the masses as cannon fodder. As I said in a thread before, put me in National Service and I`ll make sure I`m sitting on my arse in the brig more quickly than they can get the call-up papers to me.
Corporal Punishment - Yeah, I suppose I`ll agree with you there, the one time I got the cane it was the easiest punishment I ever had. A few lashes across the palm of the hand, over in under a minute and I was out of there. Compared to the knocks and scrapes I got in the playground it was a cakewalk. I`d take that any day over detention, at least with the cane I was home in time to catch the children's television on BBC1.
Capital Punishment - Not exactly a punishment though compared to a life behind bars. If I was up on a murder charge and given the option of capital punishment I'd take it, certainly preferable to being permanently locked away.