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Hello,
I have read several messages in the area and I wanted to say that perhaps some compassion is in order. Compassion is what separates us from the people we are fighting. Without it then we are just angry people with guns too. Everybody believes they are on the right side and the only way to really be sure is to look for compassion. Canadians have compassion while terrorists don't.
Their are a few messages that need addressing:
1. The Canadian Forces doesn't owe you a job.
Sure this is true and sure you get a lot of people saying why not me. Well come on, any person that has volunteered their life to their country deserves more then a "merry effin Christmas". I am sorry but it came as a huge shock to me when I got a letter denying me. Not because Canada owes me but because I owe Canada. I spent a lot of time thinking about risking my life and convincing family and friends that things would be fine. I never imagined I would get a letter saying sorry your life isn't good enough.
2. Their are other dreams to follow.
This isn't McDonalds, you can't simply walk into a different country and say hey I want to join your army. So what is the next option? I guess China, Russia, Columbia or maybe Korea would be interested in hiring. Their is nothing gentile or sympathetic about how you find out you aren't accepted. Their is no contact information, no chance to respond, no call verifying they have a clear understanding, just a "piss off and go to the recruitment center to pick up your crap". For young people dreaming about joining well I can imagine this would be devastating.
Perhaps, instead of stickying the piss off messages you could instead sticky something constructive like "relax, it happens and here are the steps to resolve the issue". I read tons of messages here and all of them reflect that animosity and hatred that is so common with any messages relating to problems with recruitment.
Take a few minutes and think about what would happen today if someone walked in and asked you to leave? What would your new dream be? What would you do? Would you be happy? No severance just a letter saying leave? How would you feel when you asked is there something I can do and the response was "yes, piss off". If being in the army isn't important to you like it is to people trying to get in then why not give up your spot? You can always find a new dream.
Thank you,
Ben
I have read several messages in the area and I wanted to say that perhaps some compassion is in order. Compassion is what separates us from the people we are fighting. Without it then we are just angry people with guns too. Everybody believes they are on the right side and the only way to really be sure is to look for compassion. Canadians have compassion while terrorists don't.
Their are a few messages that need addressing:
1. The Canadian Forces doesn't owe you a job.
Sure this is true and sure you get a lot of people saying why not me. Well come on, any person that has volunteered their life to their country deserves more then a "merry effin Christmas". I am sorry but it came as a huge shock to me when I got a letter denying me. Not because Canada owes me but because I owe Canada. I spent a lot of time thinking about risking my life and convincing family and friends that things would be fine. I never imagined I would get a letter saying sorry your life isn't good enough.
2. Their are other dreams to follow.
This isn't McDonalds, you can't simply walk into a different country and say hey I want to join your army. So what is the next option? I guess China, Russia, Columbia or maybe Korea would be interested in hiring. Their is nothing gentile or sympathetic about how you find out you aren't accepted. Their is no contact information, no chance to respond, no call verifying they have a clear understanding, just a "piss off and go to the recruitment center to pick up your crap". For young people dreaming about joining well I can imagine this would be devastating.
Perhaps, instead of stickying the piss off messages you could instead sticky something constructive like "relax, it happens and here are the steps to resolve the issue". I read tons of messages here and all of them reflect that animosity and hatred that is so common with any messages relating to problems with recruitment.
Take a few minutes and think about what would happen today if someone walked in and asked you to leave? What would your new dream be? What would you do? Would you be happy? No severance just a letter saying leave? How would you feel when you asked is there something I can do and the response was "yes, piss off". If being in the army isn't important to you like it is to people trying to get in then why not give up your spot? You can always find a new dream.
Thank you,
Ben