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thats choice still. you choose to pay a "boot camp" to get you fit which means you can choose to leave if you think it's getting too hard for wittle ol' me.
with mandatory national service you dont get that choice. either get fit for your country or you dont reap the benefits offered (health care, welfare, etc)
hey its the best we can do since we dont have the same lifestyles 100 to 2000 yrs ago. everything is brought to us and we've become lazy. we need it.