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I think I need to tell you that I, Yun Joo-seong, oppose any form of wars although I'm not a kind of military abolitionist before writing this entry.
In Korea, every eligible man have a obligation to serve in the military for more than 21 months. As one of the Korean man, I also spent some of my lifetime in the military barrack to protect my family members, friends, and any other Korean living in this peninsula from North Korea's vicious potential military aggression.
However, so-called "Conscientious Objectors", which I think are nothing but mean draft dodgers, have refused to serve in the military because of their religious conscience. They always say "We will never pick up any guns and never be trained in the military camp to kill anybody. This mandatory is completely conflicted with our beliefs" and choose to put themselves in jail.
These foolish wusses look only at one side of the shield as if they were born yesterday. These people are usually zealous members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, one of the most conservative denominations of Christianity, which reject to accept blood transfusions and regard any form of governments as Satan's alliance. They even say that they are only the people chosen by the God so that they are real members of the kingdom of the God and therefore all the people on earth are lackeys of Satan except for themselves. Jehovah´s Witnesses sometimes argue that the world will come to end very soon.
Although I'm sick and tired of their apocalyptic warnings of the end of the world, I personally think it is acceptable anyway because this country guarantee us the freedom of religion. The point is that they always keep talking rubbish like a parrot repeatedly.
As far as military service is concerned, Korean government have taken a hard-line stance. The constitution of Korea is severely strict about things relating to national security because the Korean peninsula is still a powder keg and can become a tinderbox someday. It may be no wonder that the second Korean war breaks out now. If Korea is not under the possible attack of North Korea, we can debate on the issue and discern which thing is right and which thing is wrong. However, we aren't currently enjoying an age of peace. That's why I hate the draft dodgers. Freedom isn't free. Some of them claim that without military, peace will come to us, but they must have forgotten about the fall of Daehan Empire(1897~1910) caused by Japanese invasion. The weaker, the more chance of being attacked. To protect ourselves, we should maintain our military.
In conclusion, the debate on alternative military service is superfluous. The Korean war was not ended in a real end but in a truce. No matter how hard members of the Jehovah's Witnesses try to avoid doing military service, there should be no exception as far as national security.
In Korea, every eligible man have a obligation to serve in the military for more than 21 months. As one of the Korean man, I also spent some of my lifetime in the military barrack to protect my family members, friends, and any other Korean living in this peninsula from North Korea's vicious potential military aggression.
However, so-called "Conscientious Objectors", which I think are nothing but mean draft dodgers, have refused to serve in the military because of their religious conscience. They always say "We will never pick up any guns and never be trained in the military camp to kill anybody. This mandatory is completely conflicted with our beliefs" and choose to put themselves in jail.
These foolish wusses look only at one side of the shield as if they were born yesterday. These people are usually zealous members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, one of the most conservative denominations of Christianity, which reject to accept blood transfusions and regard any form of governments as Satan's alliance. They even say that they are only the people chosen by the God so that they are real members of the kingdom of the God and therefore all the people on earth are lackeys of Satan except for themselves. Jehovah´s Witnesses sometimes argue that the world will come to end very soon.
Although I'm sick and tired of their apocalyptic warnings of the end of the world, I personally think it is acceptable anyway because this country guarantee us the freedom of religion. The point is that they always keep talking rubbish like a parrot repeatedly.
As far as military service is concerned, Korean government have taken a hard-line stance. The constitution of Korea is severely strict about things relating to national security because the Korean peninsula is still a powder keg and can become a tinderbox someday. It may be no wonder that the second Korean war breaks out now. If Korea is not under the possible attack of North Korea, we can debate on the issue and discern which thing is right and which thing is wrong. However, we aren't currently enjoying an age of peace. That's why I hate the draft dodgers. Freedom isn't free. Some of them claim that without military, peace will come to us, but they must have forgotten about the fall of Daehan Empire(1897~1910) caused by Japanese invasion. The weaker, the more chance of being attacked. To protect ourselves, we should maintain our military.
In conclusion, the debate on alternative military service is superfluous. The Korean war was not ended in a real end but in a truce. No matter how hard members of the Jehovah's Witnesses try to avoid doing military service, there should be no exception as far as national security.
Before writing this entry, I think I need to tell you that I, Yun Joo-seong, oppose any form of war although I'm not a kind of military abolitionist before writing this entry.
I transferred the "before writing this entry" so that it would be clearer that you didn't mean
"I'm not a kind of military abolitionist before writing this entry"
In Korea, every eligible man has an obligation to serve in the military for more than 21 months.
"every" is singular
As one of the Korean men / As a Korean man, I also spent some of my lifetime in the military barracks to protect my family members, friends, and any other Korean living in this peninsula from North Korea's vicious potential military aggression.
"one of" needs a plural noun after
"barracks" (plural) is often used, like "headquarters"
They always say, "We will never pick up any guns and never be trained in the military camp to kill anybody.
This mandatory mandate (<-noun form) is completely in conflict with / completely against (<- i prefer this) our beliefs" and choose to put themselves in jail.
These people are usually zealous members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, one of the most conservative denominations of Christianity, which reject to accept blood transfusions and regard any form of government as Satan's alliance.
I would use the singular "government" because of the presence of "form".
"form of government" or "forms of government"
They even say that they are only the people chosen by (the) God so that they are real members of the kingdom of (the) God and therefore all the people on earth are lackeys of Satan except for themselves.
"God" is considered a proper noun, so you don't really need "the".
I would use "the" for myth "gods".
Although I'm sick and tired of their apocalyptic warnings of the end of the world, I personally think it is acceptable anyway because this country guarantees us the freedom of religion.
The point is that they always keep talking rubbish repeatedly like a parrot repeatedly.
though I think the "repeatedly" is already unnecessary because you already used "keep"
As far as military service is concerned, the Korean government has taken a hard-line stance.
It may not be surprising if a second Korean War breaks out now.
or perhaps "I wouldn't wonder if a..."
I'm not sure what you want to express here.. are you implying that a second KW is already happening (although somehow, it is)? or are you "expecting" it to happen at any moment?
(by "war", i mean the actual combat)
If South Korea is not under the possible attack of North Korea, we can debate on the issue and discern which thing is right and which thing is wrong.
Some of them claim that without the military, peace will come to us, but they must have forgotten about the fall of the Daehan Empire(1897-1910) which was caused by the Japanese invasion.
The weaker would have the more higher chance of being attacked.
The Korean War was not ended in a real end but in a truce.
No matter how hard the members of the Jehovah's Witnesses try to avoid (doing) military service, there should be no exception as far as national security.
I have a question though: Are there no Women in the South Korean military? A lot of western countries have female soldiers, and I've seen women in uniform in videos of North Korea. If women are allowed to join your military it would seem very unfair that only men are obliged to.
Only men are obligated to do military service because the Korean law say every man whose nationality is Korean and if he has no rational reason for being exempted from compulsory military service, he must enter the military.
Occasionally, because some of men think that it's unfair that only men have to waster their golden lifetime in the military for more than 21 months, there has been a great number of controversy on the issue.
Also, here's moral question for you (because I feel like making you thnk today!):
Many atrocities are condoned in times of war that are obviously wrong, but are considered justified for defense under the circumstances. If we use war to justify lesser measures, at what point will we as human beings or government officials or decision makers draw the line between the acceptable and necessary, and the unaccptable even in dire circumstances?
War tends to turn everything from the usual black-white-gray of the moreal spectrum to a haze of gray.
In the case of war, every solider in democratic society, should follow the rule that soldiers don't have to kill any civilian unless they are armed and ready to attack soldiers. To our sorrow, many politician have make the most use of civilian as a human being shield.
Remember, soldiers can't kill anybody within the sight of them. They are only allowed to kill enemy armed soldiers, and if enemy gives away, they are not allowed to kill the defeated enemy.
Yes. War makes us confusing what is right and wrong. All forms of war shouldn't be allowed. Nothing could justify the reason of war.
However, if war breaks out, god forbid, as long as the nation comes very close to the fall, there is the minimum control existing.
Before I write more, I think I need to tell you that I, Yun Joo-seong, oppose any form of wars although I'm no military abolitionist.
However, so-called "Conscientious Objectors", which I think are nothing but cowardly draft dodgers, have refused to serve in the military because of their religious conscience.
"mean" would either mean "low" or "ignoble" or "doing bad stuff to others" and lot of other things. Because of the potential for confusion in this context, I've changed it to "cowardly", though there are many other options that would work equally well or better..
They always say "We will never pick up any guns or accept any military training in order to take human life.
These foolish wusses look only at one side of the shield as if they were born yesterday.These small-minded, naive cowards only see one side of the issue.
They are usually zealous members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, one of the most conservative denominations of Christianity. Among other radical practices and beliefs, they reject blood transfusions and regard any form of governments as an alliance with Satan's alliance.
Having two sentences that begin with "These people" is a bit awkward.
"reject" means "not accept", so say "they reject to accept" is the same as saying "they don't accept to accept".
Saying "Satan's alliance" makes it sound like Satan proposed the alliance and the people accepted it. They JW would probably say the humans sought out help from Satan.
They even say that they are God's only chosen people and the only true members of the Kingdom of the God. Apart from those in their cult, all the people on earth are thought to be lackeys of Satan.
This sentence is a run on, so I've broken in up into two.
Jehovah´s Witnesses sometimes argue that the world will come to an end very soon.
The constitution of Korea is severely strict about things relating to national security because the Korean peninsula is still a powder keg; war is always a potential threat.
The terms "powder keg" and "tinderbox" are synonymous. So saying that the KP is still a powder keg and can become a tinderbox isn't logical.
The weaker a country is the higher the chance of being attacked.
The Korean war ended in a truce, but the war is not officially over.
No matter how the hard members of the Jehovah's Witnesses try to avoid doing military service, there should be no exceptions because it is a matter of national security.
You mean, to what degree, can they be responsible for not voluntarily joining up? O_o?
In my opinion, if people in the country where military service is not a duty don't do their military services, they don't need to be legally punished for that they are dodging their duty, because it's not a "duty".
However, they could be criticized morally, because I think civilians are accountable for the protection of their country so it could be morally reprehensible.
In fact, I don't know about that situation exactly haha
By the way, thank you again for your corrected entry!