Disgusting Mail article, need to rant...

Castiel · 16 Mar 2011 at 12:21

arcon33 said:
At the end of the day governments see us all as cannon fodder they don't give a ****, sooner everyone realises this the better, especially the armed forces who do there dirty work for them, often without the proper equiptment, these are mostly honest, hard working people who think they are doing whats best, but sadly they are just being used and tossed aside when they are no longer of use. we should stop interfering with other countries and spend the money and resources on our country instead

hmmmm.

I get a rather large pension actually, so I wasn't exactly tossed aside.

But I see that your alleged well read and extensive knowledge has been whittled down to that meaningless soundbite, I am disappointed, I was expecting more somehow.

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2011 at 12:41

Castiel said:
I get a rather large pension actually, so I wasn't exactly tossed aside.

I don't know how it is nowadays, but my grandma is still getting a military pension in respect of my grandfather who died about 60 years ago.

Castiel · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:06

vonhelmet said:
I don't know how it is nowadays, but my grandma is still getting a military pension in respect of my grandfather who died about 60 years ago.

Without actually looking at the terms of my pension, I would assume it is the same.

As long as you serve the full term you begin to draw your pension when you leave.

For the Army etc I think that it is a minimum of 22 years service, for me it was 18, I got a full pension with the option to take a lump sum and receive a reduced monthly amount until I was 55 when it returns to the full amount again. I just took the pension as it was.

mike62 · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:13

BOGOF, what's wrong with that?

@play · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:23

apeZ said:
I don't read the Mail, but a friend saw this and linked it to me.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-kills-Taliban-bullet-new-book-reveals.html

This is absolutely disgusting glorification of killing and makes me feel sick

The comments section is infuriating too, since when did it become 'cool' to shoot people, Taliban or otherwise?

I despair sometimes.

Don't see a problem. We are at war with the taliban, are we not?

I think you are on the wrong side & over reacting. Better them die than our good soldiers

Shayper · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:25

koolpc said:
Only thing that upsets me about the article is that the sniper didn't get 3 in one shot! Simples

Look at my last post

Theophany · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:41

arcon33 said:
Nothing i was making a point earlier that if we was invaded we would be demonised in the chinese media for retaliating

Again, what on Earth does your point have to do with the topic? We're not invading China, China is not invading us. We are mutually beneficial partners economically - war would be stupid. Afghanistan and Iraq are nothing the same in this respect.

I feel obliged to ask at this point, again at the risk of another suspension, if you regularly engage in acts such as huffing glue or eating lead-based paint? Your arguments give the impression that you may have done so or taken a strong blow to the head with the back-end of a claw hammer.

Vonhelmet · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:44

arcon33 said:
Just like big American companies get the contracts to rebuild Iraq, if we did get destroyed by China we would be buying cheap Chinese goods to rebuild lol

That's not destroying a market, that's creating a market for the military-industrial complex.

Johno please? · 16 Mar 2011 at 13:52

Theophany said:
Again, what on Earth does your point have to do with the topic? We're not invading China, China is not invading us. We are mutually beneficial partners economically - war would be stupid. Afghanistan and Iraq are nothing the same in this respect.

I feel obliged to ask at this point, again at the risk of another suspension, if you regularly engage in acts such as huffing glue or eating lead-based paint? Your arguments give the impression that you may have done so or taken a strong blow to the head with the back-end of a claw hammer.

No, were closed minded and can't see the truth man, open your eyes we are the terrorists!!!!!!11111

Yea, British troops go into catholic churches in Iraq and massacre everyone on a daily basis. We also hang homosexuals, stone women or throw acid in their faces, burn people alive, and not forgetting good old decapitation.

Theophany · 16 Mar 2011 at 14:08

Johno please? said:
No, were closed minded and can't see the truth man, open your eyes we are the terrorists!!!!!!11111

Yea, British troops go into catholic churches in Iraq and massacre everyone on a daily basis. We also hang homosexuals, stone women or throw acid in their faces, burn people alive, and not forgetting good old decapitation.

True that. I should probably smoke a joint, then I'll be able to see it all clearly...

hurfdurf · 17 Mar 2011 at 12:09

arcon33 said:
This is what i mean when someone says something thats not in line with the statos qou they are deemed crazy and classed together with the "loonies" i pity youre small mindidness

There is not in line with the "status qou" and then there is not in line with evidence and facts, they are not the same thing.

Theophany · 17 Mar 2011 at 12:58

arcon33 said:
This is what i mean when someone says something thats not in line with the statos qou they are deemed crazy and classed together with the "loonies" i pity youre small mindidness

LOL. Generally, there is a correlation between the two groups. Somebody's taken Apple's old ad campaign to heart... :rolleyes: