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| 2004-08-03 |
| A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the Finnish Defense Forces said Tuesday. How about if I'm addicted to babes? Doctors have found the young men miss their computers too much to cope with their compulsory six months in the forces. Must be Rantburgers "For people who play (Internet) games all night and don't have any friends, don't have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock," said Commander-Captain Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription unit. They'd be much better off at a high tech start-up. "Some of (the conscripts) go to the doctor and say they can't stay. Sometimes, the doctors have said they have an Internet addiction," Kivela said. Every piece of paper the soldier sees he picks up and reads. There are no official figures for the Internet addict dropout rate. "Nope, that's not it," he says. "They get sent home for three years and after that they have to come back and we ask if they are OK ... they will have had time to grow up," Kivela said. Drives his sergeant nuts, so the seargeant puts him in for a section 8. Finland called up 26,500 men in 2003, nine percent of whom were relieved of duty for medical reasons. Sergeant calls the soldier in in and tells him he's being discharged and hands him the paperwork. However, the Internet drop-outs have not dented national pride in "sisu," a Finnish quality of being tough and resilient. Soldier reads the papers but for once says nothing. Sergeant asks him if anything is wrong. "Nope," the soldier says, "this is what I've been looking for.". "We are very proud of our Finnish men. Eight-two percent of all Finnish men manage their whole military service," Kivela said. |
| Posted by:Mr. Davis |
| #5 that's not true? F'n cable salesman! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-03 11:19:44 PM |
| #4 Little dicks... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-03 11:01:22 PM |
| #3 sisu vs. juche! I don't know, girlie-men who can't live without their computers vs. people who live off grass and rock soup-- you decide which is the top national quality/philosophy. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-08-03 10:30:29 PM |
| #2 Eight-two percent of all Finnish men manage their compulsory service. Others have their own compulsions. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-03 9:21:42 PM |
| #1 Too bad for Corporal Klinger that computers and the internet weren't around in the 50's. Ready made Section 8. Plus, look and the money he would have saved on dresses. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-03 9:17:40 PM |
