Firstly, thanks for your input!

Your views on military service and politics seem, to be blunt, uneducated and childish.

Definitely, if my comment was a serious statement, which it isn't. It was written in a moment when all I did was splash my words on paper, like in the freewrite. I'm aggravating and generalizing on purpose, poking myself and others.

When I make serious statements I think things through from different angles, before forming an opinion. And if I have an opinion, I don't reject other views before examining them, at least I try, I'm still only a human.

Following orders is an exercise in discipline. To bear responsibility, a man must first learn discipline. To lead, a man must learn to follow. That isn't to say a man must follow blindly, without question. Critical thinking is key. A good soldier is not only allowed, but has a duty to disobey orders that contradict with his conscience. Likewise, he has a duty to overcome his innate hedonistic tendencies and to do what is necessary; not only that which is expedient.

I fully get this side of the argument.

I will have to read your writings on civil service. Hopefully those are less blissfully ignorant.

I appreciate if you do! The only one of those that actually considers military is the first one in which I explain things more objectively, not throwing unsophisticated views. The others are more or less on a personal level of me.

Schools, on the other hand, are doing an awful job at teaching critical thinking.

That I fully agree with.