Originally posted by Moxie:
No. It's commonly understood that enlistees who has past leftist familial ties would be screened by the ISD; ditto Malays with past chauvinist familial ties. But not so much nowadays, cuz the current NSF generation generally have parents would've also gone through national service themselves.
The US article I posted also mentioned that JWs are the only conscientious objectors in the local context. It's their choice; everyone else chose to serve.
I got this blurb from the ST article on the DB life earlier this year: "Jehovah's Witness members detained for opposing military service are distinguished by their white T-shirts. They tend the nursery, feed the fishes in a pond and cook their meals." It's a boring incarceration, but I don't think as minutely regimented as the convicted jailbirds when inside.
&, no, JW's aren't as shunned out in the working world. Obviously, their religion is deemed an outlawed cult in Singapore, but they're not as dangerous as militarist/deviant Muslims & thus it's up to individual prejudice on whether to hire them.
I think there was an earlier thread on discriminatory SAF practices - Google it out if anyone's interested - & someone mentioned it's not so much with JW's but with gays & bapoks who've been bureaucratically segregated (upon signing a declaration form).
Here's something I found elsewhere that expressed this:
"Soldiers who declare themselves to be homosexuals or have homosexual inclinations are referred to the SAF psychiatrist to determine their appropriate medical and vocational grading. Those who are effeminate are usually downgraded to a service vocation whilst those who are non-effeminate can remain in the combat vocation.
Those with transsexualism are also assigned non-combat vocations and they generally are not required to do any form of basic military training."
source: http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/pcm/34.htm
lol..so how? they train together with man or what??
Gays..hope the SAF psychiatrist is a female..
DEN can convert the gay back to straight..
dunno use what "method" oso can..
as long as it manages to turn the gay into guy..
it's worth it..singapore will have more children!
7th day adventist oso opposes NS..
in the end all the followers kana jailed i think
i don't believe in the gun or whatever(no offense to SAF pple)
but i believe in the defending of SG
rather then to use gun and kill
A gun has two uses.
1. to shoot the enemy who is pointing his gun
2. to go around killing people like a savage
if pple use 2 on us, we use 1 on him ( i approve)
Anyway , even if a war did break out, we must still be pragmatic..
however much my CO order me to fire on a group of children
i will not!!
unlike the russian terrorists who fire on a group of children..
shame on them!