This is pure religious and gender discrimination.
Why doesn't female JW have to go through the shit male-JW faces?
Is such an unjust nation even worth fighting for?
Because JW dont want to serve NS so our government banned them and sent them to DB for refusing to serve.
Females are not required to serve NS by law.
It was a rhetoric question. ;)
But yeh, it demonstrates yet another layer of the gender inequality that local (i.e. non-FT) males have to go through by making NS mandatory only for guys.
Jehovah's Witnesses are not recognised as a religion in Singapore. They were, until their beliefs clashed with the government's implementation of NS for all males.
taken from wiki:
In 1972 the Singapore government de-registered and banned the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore on the grounds that its members refuse to perform military service (which is obligatory for all male citizens), salute the flag, or swear oaths of allegiance to the state.[9][10] Singapore has banned all written materials published by the International Bible Students Association and theWatchtower Bible and Tract Society, both publishing arms of the Jehovah's Witnesses. A person in possession of a prohibited publication can be fined up to $1500 (Singapore Dollars $2,000) and jailed up to 12 months for a first conviction.
more can be found here.
so don't worry, the government can suddenly change the law for all women to serve NS too.
i'm curious though, are you bitter at the government for not decreeing that women have to serve NS, or are you bitter at women for being women?
if your argument is that you are angry at women for not being made to go through NS, it's seriously not our fault we were born female.
also: not all male Singapore Citizens go through NS. I know of 2 boys who were never called up, now in their 20s. this was presumably because they studied in madrasahs, not public schools, and Singapore may not trust them with defending the country due to the nature of our surrounding countries. even so, they are Singapore Citizens, and by right, they should have served.
If singapore fertility rates keep dropping, we surely need womens to serve in my opinion.
Become isreal.
WTF at least make them serve in the police or scdf.
Also those who have been convicted of serious crimes don't need to serve.
I think the authorities should really review on this issue.
Especially pple in JW dont need to do ns. That is really not fair to all the sporean who need to do ns and yet they dont need.
3 yrs db is too short. Should be double the ns 2 yr service = 4 year db.
Do they do 3 years db? I heard they go DB as long as normal service length.
Actually govt wants to severely punish them... but JW are very smart, after ORD make alot of $. So govt don't want to chase them away.
Originally posted by alize:WTF at least make them serve in the police or scdf.
Also those who have been convicted of serious crimes don't need to serve.
This is a good idea.