Fighting Terrorism with Volunteerism (at Gunpoint)

Kerry Howley | June 13, 2007

Britain considers the John Edwards plan for moral betterment, social unity, and free labor:

Plans for every young person in Britain to enrol in a national volunteering scheme that could become compulsory are at the centre of a government report into improving social cohesion.

The possibility of mandatory community service is put forward today by Darra Singh, chair of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, the body created by Tony Blair after the 7 July bombings in 2005 to promote more unity. It echoes the concept of National Service, which ended in 1960, that required all men between the ages of 18 and 26 to serve in the military for up to two years.

Via Rational Review.