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The army should stick to targeting adults.
My cousin is in the rifles. He does away days giving kids a taste of military style training, assault courses, orienteering, that kind of thing. Some of them love it, some of them are lazy pains in the arse. Whats the ethical issue? I don't think it turns any of them into violent people, and very few probably go on to join up.
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Whats the ethical issue?
Basically this:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-british-armed-forces-needs-to-stop-targeting-and-recruiting-children-10352738.html(I don't think there's necessarily a problem with the odd away day, and I can definitely see that it's good for soldiers to not be institutionalised.)
Fox
If you had fun it worked - the goal is to encourage young people into the military.
Any targeting of non-adults by the military is highly ethically dubious.
It was announced as part of a package of military policies, not education policies. The aim is to help the army. The army should stick to targeting adults.