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I didn't know that bit.
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to me or you, yes
to anyone who's life she has saved - she's gonna be a bit of a hero id imagine
I think someone who saves lives is a "hero"... especially in the armed forces.
But she's an army medic, that's her job, no? Of course her work is to be valued, but I don't think it makes her a hero.
Hero is such an over used/abused word, like "amazing" where it seems like everyone thinks amazing is a synonym for "good" or "okay".
Lol Jason2. I'd like to meet you one day.
As for the OP, I feel for the woman, but DP related illness in Soldiers is a bit of a disputed subject and a separate issue from Iraqi birth defects in areas subjected to heavy bombing and weapon discharge, aside from this, if the NHS thought this treatment would have a good chance of helping her then no doubt they would treat her accordingly.
How much did the DM pay here for her story? perhaps that would go some way to paying for her treatment in the US.
As for the OP, I feel for the woman, but DP related illness in Soldiers is a bit of a disputed subject and a separate issue from Iraqi birth defects in areas subjected to heavy bombing and weapon discharge, aside from this, if the NHS thought this treatment would have a good chance of helping her then no doubt they would treat her accordingly.
How much did the DM pay here for her story? perhaps that would go some way to paying for her treatment in the US.
Why disregard the posts that are far worse than Jason2's just so that you can keep up the notion that everything he says is utter crap?
You seem to be under the paradoxical impression that something can't be heroic if it's your job to do it....
The bottom line is that she saved lives and that's a heroic thing to do.
Which posts are you referring to?
No I don't think that at all. It's more that the whole point of her being there is to tend to people who need medical attention, then it's not heroic.
You seem to be under the impression that by me suggesting it's not heroic, I am somehow devaluing what she's doing.
Which is why I pointed out the thing about amazing, because with some people, everything has to be amazing, and if it's not, it's somehow an insult or devaluation of the situation when the word is being misused.
I don't think you know what hero means.
No I don't, I just think you're wrong.
Examples of people getting carried away and responding to things he didn't really say.
This lass no doubt did a fine job as others did - someone worth of respect. But for her condition to be caused by DP is a bit of a stretch to be honest it would have been more likely due to viral exposure or the intense sunlight. Whilst the treatment described is worthy of an attempt it is a treatment offered on the NHS and not without considerable risk - not that the prescribed procedure itself is inherently risky more the adjunct medication - and I am sure that option would have been considered. I hope she gets what she wants because such a condition is a nasty thing to go through so my thoughts are with her all the same.
I would say the same to you. Why does it *have* to be hero?
She's hardly doing it for free out of the goodness of her heart, for a cause that very few people even believe in.
Well you do, really, with the insistence on hero being correct, as if it's the only term to be used, when really there's more fitting ones.
She chose to do it in some of the most dangerous situations that an individual can place themselves in, I doubt she sees herself as heroic in doing so, but others do and whether that courage is inherent in her personality or not, simply because an individual chooses to do something, be it a job or an action, doesn't mean that the choice isn't courageous and by inference heroic in the common use of the term.
Now, which posts worse than Jason2's were you referring to exactly?
That's enough daily mail for you.
But, hold on a minute, what has that got to do with what I posted exactly....Theophany was clearly being ironic and you would have to be rather foolish to think otherwise, as for Robbo and Mr Blonde, I agree with them to some degree...and none of them called people defending the UK Murderers and Cold blooded killers (while calling for the murder of others in other discussions himself) and spouting rubbish about invading Afghanistan and so on....you might disagree with them and agree with Jason2, I don't. So I will refer to whomever and whatever I wish and so the answer to your question is that I haven't disregarded anyone's post, I just don't agree with your assessment of them.
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My post was baiting of the highest and most blatant order. It frightens me that you actually quoted it to make a point.
His post was all a bit of a fail tbh.