Army dreamers

August 5, 2004 3:10 AM

...and some fun quirky news about Finnish conscripts.
posted by etc (4 comments total)

perhaps it may have been best to have posted this link within the thread attached to tlogmer's post.

*raises eyebrows quizzically*
posted by johnnyboy at 5:31 AM on August 5, 2004

Sending conscripts home to grow up for a few years isn't new in the FDF, only the reasons have changed with the times.
posted by lazy-ville at 6:03 AM on August 5, 2004

perhaps it may have been best to have posted this link within the thread attached to tlogmer's post.
I did think about that, but they're really different stories, although both military related. One about treatment of post-traumatic stress, the other about treatment of slacking conscripts - I thought it best to post a separate link.
posted by etc at 7:42 AM on August 5, 2004

Here is a discussion about this on Slashdot, with some interesting comments from Finns who have served before.
posted by halonine at 3:08 AM on August 6, 2004