I can't believe it's not butter!

"THE ARMY, THE EDGE."

8:28 PM, 2/11/2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

Why would you join the army?

For a challenge?

Camaraderie?

Mateship?

To "Do your bit for the country"?

Pff, none of those reasons is good enough for me to drop everything, forget my whole life and get abused and reduced to just another number. I'm worth more then that.

It is my opinion that those in the army have no life. They are not people, they are tools. This idea has been present in my mind ever since I began my apprenticeship, as I have been working for a large electrical company who are installing fire systems for the army.

Through my work, I have talked to numerous members of the defence forces, ranging from the shitkickers, up to some of the more lofty ranks.

Everyone I have seen in the army smokes and drinks. A lot. As my boss said, "whatever they did to them at Kapooka, it must have been bad for them all to start smoking and drinking so much!"

A very large number of people in the army are car nuts. I reckon this is because they have nothing better to do, and nothing else to spend their money on. Their alcohol is cheap, they get all their accomodation and meals subsidised, and what they do have to pay is automatically taken out of their wage. This means they can spend whatever they get. Army people have big tvs, computers, X-boxs, flash cars, expensive sunglasses, shitloads of DVDs....and no life.

Recently I have been working in a series of buildings reserved for fairly new male recruits. In some wings of the buildings there is no wall. Or roof. It is just completely covered in posters. Sure, we all think that's great, it makes work a little bit more interesting. However, at the same time, I think it shows these guys have....you guessed. No life.

Well, I thought I'd start my new blog with an actual blog. I hope this is sufficient.

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11:06 AM, 3/11/2006 .. Posted by zhangbohan
My workmate told me that the Army has introduced some rules to stop soldiers from killing themselves on motorbikes. Apparently soldiers like to spend all their money on huge bikes and then drive at 200km/h down the highway. The army was miffed that their "investments" were so keen on killing themselves.

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