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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.)
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My reading of that doesn't seem to draw a correlation to CCF and young people going into the forces.
I'd have thought CCF linked to schools would be much more prevalent at private, or at least grammar schools. There i presume you're less likely to have children leave <18 and probably go on to higher education. In both cases not the group that the article is discussing.
hugo7
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.