Would you want some kid you've never met spending an hour alone with your elderly relative each week?
I know I wouldn't. I never felt the need to rely on others to make sure my family members were taken care of. I did it all on my own without the government having to tell me I needed to.
How exactly are they going to pair up these "volunteers that are forced to be there" and the people they are supposed to be helping?
I used to plant flowers at the local nursing home, and weed the beds as a volunteer, (the only volunteer mind you) but the maintenence men kept mowing them over so I stopped. I didn't do it because somebody told me I had to, I did it because I'd drive by and see those old people lined up in their wheelchairs on the front porch and thought they might like to see something other than the corn field. I supplied all the flowers as well, and I provided them with nice perenniels that come back year after year, not just a couple packs of some cheap annuals.
I also planted and tended a flower box in my town for 5 years, until the city took them away. That was also because I wanted to, not because I was told to. I also supplied those flowers.
What kind of volunteering that is not court ordered or government mandated does everyone else have under their belts?
Forced voluntarism isn't a good thing. People will then only volunteer when they have to and that's it.
You don't know me, the same thing can be said about your mood and attitude lately as well. Has something changed in your life? You seem to be in the throes of male menopause or something.