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This post is titled by author SoulJah.
Wow... Such an overwhelming number of people frequenting this site... Most of them come from Google no less... And Second most is from Rachy's site... Thanks Rach...
As you may have noticed, Ash has taken over the duty of main Ranter on the site since my disappearance well over two weeks ago... Don't worry. I'll be back ranting in my former glory as soon as Raya is over and we start the long process of creating the video presentation.
In other news, I recently made aware of the plan to create something called the National Service in which requires youths aging from 18 on upwards to join the National Service. Great idea if only a couple of reasons that just might hold it back...
1. Preventing Youth's Social Problems???? Come on! Can we honestly say that by forcing youths into these encampments can possibly make a youth a better person? I don't want to put down the Army or anything, but does the Bruneian Army have a good reputation? I admit most if not all of these Army men are really good people, but you could always hear rumblings of indecent and immoral acts committed by these few Army men, or indeed Police men, and these few has given the Army or the Police Force a bad reputation. A recent incident happened in my village where an Army person allegedly raped an underaged female during a wedding festivity. Is that what we want our youths to do? Some are even knuckle dragging neanderthals, being really impolite and really inclined to cause public disturbances and are also inclined to fight.
Again I stress it's these few individuals that are really bringing down the reputation of the Army. In actuality, I know lots of Army type people around my age (19), and all of them are really good friends.
2. If Youth's Social Problems are the really major concern, there's a very good reason for that. Religious education is treated as just a side "hobby" for children. I consider it a hobby for them because you can always see 16 or 17 year olds still stuck in Primary 3 or 4 of Ugama School. If these religious studies are taken seriously and these youth's are encouraged to practice them, I'm sure there will be a drastic drop in these so called Social Problems. In light of this, some of the youths, not all but some, in my village has already started going to the mosque, joining the Youth Programs on offer there. It's not just this mosque, I can say every other mosques have some type of similar program.
3. If military power is the main concern, I don't think forcing people to join the National Service is a good idea. People would be really demoralized if they are forced to do something they might not want to do. And besides, our Army Force seems like they really have nothing to do, considering they are not in any war effort or peace keeping duties. Most of them just sit there, treating it like a 9 to 5 job, then go home. (That's what I believe, not actually a fact I hope.) Such an easy job, and compared to the other government sectors, you get paid a lot! Why not train these people to increase our military readiness?
4. The people who conceived this idea, the higher ups in the echelon of political status, or something like that, only created this rule for a reason, that is to get on the tit of every youth in the country. And hey! They would not be included in this rule! Such luck! Let the government raise their children and they're doing god knows what. Again, Social Problems in not a problem that must be shared with everyone, must not be the sole responsibility of the country, but it has to be a grass roots effort from the Parents of the Youths themselves.
5. Finally a Brudirect article found here said something about youths not helping others in times when a car broke down. If you're such a good samaritan, Haji (I presume), then you help him yourself. There's no use in pointing fingers and finding blame and nitpicking every little thing that "youths" are doing or not doing. And O don't see Adults helping each other all the time. In fact just this morning I saw a concerned man who looked like he had been there for about an hour not knowing what was arong with his car. If Adults are such good samaritans, they would stop immediately when that car broke down. Some might argue that the car might have just broken down, well that could be said about youths not helping these troubled road side souls. They might just have then broken down!
All I can say is do not make rash decisions without thinking of the consequences of these actions. And do not make assumptions without knowing the smallest hint of fact. As for me I'd be pigging out so I wouldn't be selected for the National Service. See you in 8 years and 250 pounds later.
As you may have noticed, Ash has taken over the duty of main Ranter on the site since my disappearance well over two weeks ago... Don't worry. I'll be back ranting in my former glory as soon as Raya is over and we start the long process of creating the video presentation.
In other news, I recently made aware of the plan to create something called the National Service in which requires youths aging from 18 on upwards to join the National Service. Great idea if only a couple of reasons that just might hold it back...
1. Preventing Youth's Social Problems???? Come on! Can we honestly say that by forcing youths into these encampments can possibly make a youth a better person? I don't want to put down the Army or anything, but does the Bruneian Army have a good reputation? I admit most if not all of these Army men are really good people, but you could always hear rumblings of indecent and immoral acts committed by these few Army men, or indeed Police men, and these few has given the Army or the Police Force a bad reputation. A recent incident happened in my village where an Army person allegedly raped an underaged female during a wedding festivity. Is that what we want our youths to do? Some are even knuckle dragging neanderthals, being really impolite and really inclined to cause public disturbances and are also inclined to fight.
Again I stress it's these few individuals that are really bringing down the reputation of the Army. In actuality, I know lots of Army type people around my age (19), and all of them are really good friends.
2. If Youth's Social Problems are the really major concern, there's a very good reason for that. Religious education is treated as just a side "hobby" for children. I consider it a hobby for them because you can always see 16 or 17 year olds still stuck in Primary 3 or 4 of Ugama School. If these religious studies are taken seriously and these youth's are encouraged to practice them, I'm sure there will be a drastic drop in these so called Social Problems. In light of this, some of the youths, not all but some, in my village has already started going to the mosque, joining the Youth Programs on offer there. It's not just this mosque, I can say every other mosques have some type of similar program.
3. If military power is the main concern, I don't think forcing people to join the National Service is a good idea. People would be really demoralized if they are forced to do something they might not want to do. And besides, our Army Force seems like they really have nothing to do, considering they are not in any war effort or peace keeping duties. Most of them just sit there, treating it like a 9 to 5 job, then go home. (That's what I believe, not actually a fact I hope.) Such an easy job, and compared to the other government sectors, you get paid a lot! Why not train these people to increase our military readiness?
4. The people who conceived this idea, the higher ups in the echelon of political status, or something like that, only created this rule for a reason, that is to get on the tit of every youth in the country. And hey! They would not be included in this rule! Such luck! Let the government raise their children and they're doing god knows what. Again, Social Problems in not a problem that must be shared with everyone, must not be the sole responsibility of the country, but it has to be a grass roots effort from the Parents of the Youths themselves.
5. Finally a Brudirect article found here said something about youths not helping others in times when a car broke down. If you're such a good samaritan, Haji (I presume), then you help him yourself. There's no use in pointing fingers and finding blame and nitpicking every little thing that "youths" are doing or not doing. And O don't see Adults helping each other all the time. In fact just this morning I saw a concerned man who looked like he had been there for about an hour not knowing what was arong with his car. If Adults are such good samaritans, they would stop immediately when that car broke down. Some might argue that the car might have just broken down, well that could be said about youths not helping these troubled road side souls. They might just have then broken down!
All I can say is do not make rash decisions without thinking of the consequences of these actions. And do not make assumptions without knowing the smallest hint of fact. As for me I'd be pigging out so I wouldn't be selected for the National Service. See you in 8 years and 250 pounds later.
Posted by SoulJah at 11:24:00 AM
