Required Community Service?

[BDBopper]

Please excuse me and I beg your pardon if this has been discussed elsewhere. I am aware of President Elect Barack Obama's idea of requiring (or maybe not that strict) community service. Does anyone else have a problem with it?

I have committed my life to serve my community and world with a big & glad heart and a smiling face. I have done this because that is what (my) God has called me to do and frankly I feel it is the right thing to help people. If you needed help would you rather be served with someone who cares about you or someone who is just there because it is a requirement and they just want to get it over with? I know beggars can't be choosers but you are likely to be helped out much more by a person who is there committed to serve gladly.

I have no problem at all with more people serving their community. I think we should encourage it with no strings attatched. WE will mae our community, nation, and world a better place. I just don't see how requiring community service will serve a better purpose than just encouraging it. And are there only certain projects and programs that these young adults have to do to count?

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of you who may disagree with me and maybe I shouldn't have brought it up but it was fresh on my mind. I just wanted to get my opinoin on the matter off my chest.