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South Korean man convicted for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service (apnews.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I normally don’t comment

I'm glad you did, I appreciate your insight on the subject! It looks like the article may have been updated since I originally read it, as it no longer refers to a promotion like I saw earlier. That's a lot more concerning, to know that he was still a civilian the whole time. I feel like that sets a dangerous precedent that would be very easy to abuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, IIRC stuff like this has happened often before. One example that comes to mind was a celebrity getting their teeth removed to get deemed not fit for active duty.

My personal opinion is that these people probably wouldn’t be mentally fit for active duty anyways.