Some people argue that military service ‘ does you good’. ‘ Two years in the army,’ you hear people say, ‘will knock some sense into him.’ The opposite is usually the case. Anyone would resent being pushed about and bullied for two years, all in the name of ‘discipline’. The military mind requires uniformity and conformity. People who do not quite fit into this brutal pattern suffer terribly and may even emerge with serious personality disorders. There are many wonderful ways of spending two years. Serving in the armed forces is not one of them!
