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Government think-tanks in conjunction with the media are on a drive to demonise youngsters in the UK, branding them as yobs that see ASBO’s as a badge of honour. A report suggests Britain is a nation living in fear of its young people and allegedly 1.7 million admitted they avoid going out after dark as a direct result of youths gathering. Boys in hoody’s are more scary than ‘al Qaeda.’ Propaganda works!

In their defence the kids claim, “There ain't nothing for us to do” and therein lies the problem, so what is the proposed solution? National service! In recent speeches, the Queen, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron have all emphasised the importance of “service” in becoming a responsible citizen and although they haven’t mentioned it yet, they really mean military service.

Tory leader Cameron said, “Young people could be given their adult rights as a reward for completing a modern day national service scheme.” He challenged the notion that rights should automatically come with age, they have to be earned. The incentive he offers to successful applicants is the privilege of drinking alcohol before the age of eighteen. Under-age drinking is the last thing which is going to encourage good behaviour!

Gordon Brown

A breakdown of the family is cited as the reason our youths are out of control and social exclusion minister Hilary Armstrong says that state intervention will work to improve the situation. Blair wants potential criminals identified while still in the womb. Tony Benn called this proposal eugenics, but it will necessitate a national DNA database to keep tabs on every citizen and micro-chipping at birth.

That will soon illuminate trouble makers, but since our prisons are full to capacity, the only option left would be to recruit offenders into the armed forces to fight the ‘war on terror,’ After all, we keep getting reminders of how our troops are stretched to the limit. That is why disaffected young people are being deliberately lured into crime and getting a bad press, to create the demand for tougher measures.

The public are being conditioned into thinking conscription is their idea, so that when it is finally offered as the answer to all our problems, there will be little resistance to it. This is coupled with a barrage of boot camp and brat camp type programming by the media and a focus on obesity among children. I have wondered for a while what their angle was for this news story, now I know.

Joining up, we are being told, is the best way to get fit and since the military have a shortfall of 5,000 soldiers for combat in the Gulf, it all adds up. It’s not even subtle. The bereaved mother of shooting victim Jesse James from Moss Side said she thinks unruly teenagers should be forced to join the army. They will, and then they can lose weight while learning to kill, rape and torture with impunity.