Posted by: corboy ()
Date: December 02, 2012 11:35PM
What Anti-Chris describes is even worse than military basic training.
In civilized countries, children are not put through military basic training.
(Except in truly ghastly boarding schools)
Some comparisons of what Anti Chris describes with how Basic training is done.
You have to be at least 18 years old. (In the old days, you could go in younger, but only with parental permission)
You have to pass tests for physical and psychological health before they let you do basic training, because there's the recognition that it is stressful as hell.
Unlike the people who go to the induction center and take the oath, children's identities are still forming. THey still need a stable home and parents who are there for them.
. To believe oneself abandoned or unwanted by ones parents and sent to another country to a program like that is trauma, even before other crap is piled on.
Other matters:
During basic training, there is medical care available and if people are unable to cope, they are let out. Training facilities are kept clean and attention is paid to keeping everyon healthy, including making sure all trainees have had immunizations and are getting clean food and living conditions. If there is an outbreak of communicable or contagious disease during a basic training cycle, the medical staff will take precautions to quarantine and care for anyone who is ill, to prevent epidemic conditions.
There is a code of military justice--much stricter than civilian law, but still, a set of objective guidelines. It doesnt change at a guru's whim.
Sleep deprivation. That 4:15 AM wake up time is inappropriate for children. Children need very much more sleep than that.
Food deprivation. In US military basic training, the trainees get plenty to eat. They'd break down and get sick if they didnt have a good diet.
Family contact. After the earlier stages of military training, trainees can begin receiving mail and using telephones.
Date: December 02, 2012 11:35PM
What Anti-Chris describes is even worse than military basic training.
In civilized countries, children are not put through military basic training.
(Except in truly ghastly boarding schools)
Some comparisons of what Anti Chris describes with how Basic training is done.
You have to be at least 18 years old. (In the old days, you could go in younger, but only with parental permission)
You have to pass tests for physical and psychological health before they let you do basic training, because there's the recognition that it is stressful as hell.
Unlike the people who go to the induction center and take the oath, children's identities are still forming. THey still need a stable home and parents who are there for them.
. To believe oneself abandoned or unwanted by ones parents and sent to another country to a program like that is trauma, even before other crap is piled on.
Other matters:
During basic training, there is medical care available and if people are unable to cope, they are let out. Training facilities are kept clean and attention is paid to keeping everyon healthy, including making sure all trainees have had immunizations and are getting clean food and living conditions. If there is an outbreak of communicable or contagious disease during a basic training cycle, the medical staff will take precautions to quarantine and care for anyone who is ill, to prevent epidemic conditions.
There is a code of military justice--much stricter than civilian law, but still, a set of objective guidelines. It doesnt change at a guru's whim.
Sleep deprivation. That 4:15 AM wake up time is inappropriate for children. Children need very much more sleep than that.
Food deprivation. In US military basic training, the trainees get plenty to eat. They'd break down and get sick if they didnt have a good diet.
Family contact. After the earlier stages of military training, trainees can begin receiving mail and using telephones.