Is it Glorious to Die for your Country?
Is it glorious to die for your country?.... This question
has been posed to many young people about to embark on war although the
answer has usually been yes in response to their country due mainly to the
fact that the government instills it in the people of the country to
support one's country and one way is to send young abled bodied men into
the army. If you were one individual that was not in favour of fighting
for your country you would surely become an outcast by the countries
people. To avoid ridicule and becoming outcasted by the people living
around you, you would join the army just in the thought that you were
obligated to for the sole sake of your country. Such thoughts were
reinforced by the government promotion of propaganda. Glorifying death is
not needed to be taught and should be up to the sole individual. School
systems should teach an unbiased point of view of war to enable the child
to make their own decision to fight for one's country.
Is it Glorious to Die for your Country? Within the education system it was
instructed to the teachers to teach the children at a young age during the
brink of war to instill that their the life of the country and for them to
defend their country against the enemy. Teachers showed being in a army
was representing honour and the pride of the country. Guilt was laid on
the students who showed rebellion by the teacher. Many times the teacher
would try to show a soldier that looks happy and content trying to
represent being a soldier makes you happy and content.
Many young inexperienced soldiers were sent to training camps near the
battle fields that they would soon be sent to fight, for their country and
their life. The training camps were situated on similar enviroments that
resembled the battle fields of where the fighting would take place.
Reinforced displine to the young ...