Concerned mothers and nervous school-leavers are petitioning the government to abolish compulsory military service.
The Debate
1. "Our children are forced to be trained to murder!" protests Bill Clinton, chairman of the Parents Against All Things Violent organisation. "For too long now the government has been snatching away our children and training them to become killing machines. This arcane practice must be banned at once! Sure, some of them could end up breaking into cars or terrorising old people, but hey, kids will be kids, right?"
2. "What a preposterous idea!" scoffs Drill Sergeant Samuel Trax. "The youth of The Virus Tech has never needed the discipline provided by the armed forces more than it does today, and with all those rogue states out there we need all the recruits we can get! If anything, the government should lengthen the required service and drop the minimum age to something more reasonable."