British Army under fire for 'racist' tweet that showed a soldier with black face paint
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Did you not make it through the auditions?
No
Just didn't have enough jangly cack stuck to my clothes apparently and my stick wielding was "dangerous"
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The term Racist has been devalued to the point it's now near meaningless.
Good news for genuine racists.
Good news for genuine racists.
This.
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British Army issue cam cream has 2 colours, dark green and light brown. this chap has overdone the dark green.
Please don't paint anyone left-leaning with the same brush. It's bloody annoying, I wouldn't associate myself with those crazies.
I served in the RAF for a long time and have genuinely never seen it written as R.A.F. before
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Disgusting, they should be ashamed of themselves.
Right then, what's the thread about?
Right then, what's the thread about?
I served in the RAF for a long time and have genuinely never seen it written as R.A.F. before
Why I'm answering this post is beyond me, I could be searching for midget pron. But any how. It's an acronym.
An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).
There is no universal standardization of the various names for such abbreviations and of their orthographic styling.
In English and most other languages, such abbreviations historically had limited use, but they became much more common in the 20th century.
Acronyms are a type of word formation process, and they are viewed as a subtype of blending.
Where did you serve? I was all over the UK, on detachment in Canada and Cyprus. Met a lot of cool people and a lot of douche's. But overall a life changing experience.
Well, I think you may have jumped the gun a bit there, Silver It wasn't a criticism and I didn't intend to come across as questioning. I definitely didn't need an explanation of what acronyms are either but thank you
I sincerely have never seen RAF written as R.A.F. before and my point was it looks weird seeing it, that's all.
I've only had UK posts but obviously had many tours overseas. I've not long PVR'd, things changed a lot over the last few years, mostly for the worse.
It wasn't a criticism and I didn't intend to come across as questioning. I definitely didn't need an explanation of what acronyms are either but thank you I sincerely have never seen RAF written as R.A.F. before and my point was it looks weird seeing it, that's all.
I've only had UK posts but obviously had many tours overseas. I've not long PVR'd, things changed a lot over the last few years, mostly for the worse.
I sincerely have never seen RAF written as R.A.F. before and my point was it looks weird seeing it, that's all.
I think we both hate grammar Nazis and hence on OCUK forums you need precision. Ex-Servicemen like us can appreciate that. Live long, HARD, and prosper man!
This, i'm still waiting for someone to stand up to these idiots but they keep buckling, don't they realise the more they apologise the more the SJW's will find things to be offended about?
I suppose you have proof of that Mr Mitty? Or is that just random ******** you pulled out?
Do you? Genuine question. I've never heard of it being racist but now that you mention it I can probably count on one hand the amount of non-white soldiers I've seen. This doesn't make it a racist organisation obviously.
I have seen hundreds, (actually it's probably over 1000) none white servicemen.
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Absolutely this. It shouldn't have been taken down, they shouldn't have apologised. If anyone should have been apologising it should have been those making baseless accusations of racism at the armed forces after they had been corrected in their error.