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banzai · 05-27-2004, 07:32 AM

Oh - and just one other addition. As a German being in the Air Force for 15 month years back (that was the term then) - the main reason for the introduction of this system in the 1950´s wasn´t mentioned here. The armed forces (there was no social service as an alternative then) should be interwoven with the civil society so no military caste could evolve like in Nazi Germany.
The alternative to serving in the army was jail - social service as an alternative was introduced about 10 years later but till nowadays you have to serve in the army OR the social services. Total refusal still means jail.

05-27-2004, 07:32 AM	#22
banzai Manshoon Join Date: December 3, 2001 Location: Germany Age: 60 Posts: 199	Oh - and just one other addition. As a German being in the Air Force for 15 month years back (that was the term then) - the main reason for the introduction of this system in the 1950´s wasn´t mentioned here. The armed forces (there was no social service as an alternative then) should be interwoven with the civil society so no military caste could evolve like in Nazi Germany. The alternative to serving in the army was jail - social service as an alternative was introduced about 10 years later but till nowadays you have to serve in the army OR the social services. Total refusal still means jail. __________________ Die groessten Elche sind selber welche ...