The army sent my child a 66-page recruitment magazine and it’s utterly vomit inducing

Emily Apple:

But this isn’t the point. In a parallel universe, he could be ideal cannon fodder for today’s army. He’s grown up in a rural town. Escaping to university is now a costly business, and it’s easy to see how glossy pages promising adventure and gaming offer a convenient way out.

Then add into the mix the fact that, as in so many schools, armed services recruitment talks are a regular classroom feature at my son’s, and the military becomes a normalised career path.

No-one should join the army without the full knowledge of what they’re signing up for. Military recruitment preys on poor and disadvantaged people, promising adventure and escape rather than killing, out-of-date equipment and lack of care for veterans.

Our children are not cannon fodder. 16-year-old kids should not be allowed to enlist at all. And this latest glossy advertorial is nothing but vomit-inducing propaganda.