R A F Wittering And Uniforms in Peterborough

Posted by: DAVOhorn on 11 March 2008

Dear All,

I have heard everything!!!!

Britain is Bonkers and the Govt with it.

Why ????

If what i heard yesterday on the radio here is correct then:

Now in the effort to not offend any group what so ever, except if they be European White Anglo Saxon, the RAF decided the following.

Due to the upset caused to certain minority groups in Peterborough and the response of these groups :

Spitting at, Abuse to etc etc the RAF WITTERING Personnel

The RAF has responded in a rational and intelligent way.

To Prohibit the Wearing of their Military Uniform . So those who voluntered to join the armed forces to protect the many from the few are having to !!!!!!

Not offend the minority groups in Peterborough.

Now hang on is this not arse about face.

A foreign national decides to come to the UK , and seek sanctuary in the Safety and Security afforded the citizens and visitors to the UK.

This safety and security is provided by the Police and the MILITARY.

So The Armed Forces have to Kowtow to people who are offended by men and women in Uniform.

Might i be politically incorrect and suggest that those who are offended by the British Military living in the community and PROUDLY WEARING THEIR UNIFORM

GO HOME to wwhere ever they came from.

Even if they are born in Britain but their Heritage is not British then they go to a country where they will not be offended.

The reason given on the radio for this behaviour towards the military is due to the presence of the military in IRAN IRAQ AFGHANISTAN>

Boy it just gets worse.

Monty Python and Yes Prime Minister could not have foreseen this one.

If i am inaccurate in the above please forgive me, but as i say it was reported in Aussie Media.

regards David
Posted on: 18 March 2008 by Deane F
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Originally posted by djftw:

The government elected by the electorate of the day. So basically you are saying you have no faith in representative democracy?


I'm not basically saying anything. That seems to be your forte.

People get very romantic about the armed forces - but in the cold light of day they are just a group of people trained to kill human beings and destroy property in order to serve the interests of their nation state. I'm not saying they aren't necessary because it's one of the great sadnesses that a lot of freedom comes from the end of a gun - but I get tired of them being romanticised.
Posted on: 18 March 2008 by djftw
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I'm not saying they aren't necessary because it's one of the great sadnesses that a lot of freedom comes from the end of a gun - but I get tired of them being romanticised.


What reason is there not to romanticize that which enables me to be free?
Posted on: 18 March 2008 by Deane F
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Originally posted by djftw:

What reason is there not to romanticize that which enables me to be free?


Oh I dunno - guts everywhere maybe? Traumatic amputations? Exploded heads? Multiple civilian deaths for each military death?

Camaraderie and esprit de corps doesn't really cover those things up all that well.
Posted on: 19 March 2008 by djftw
It seems to work quite well for my my old university friends who chose military careers, if I didn't have health problems that mean I cannot pass basic fitness I might well have joined them. Someone has to do their jobs, it is the least the general public can do to treat them with some respect, rather than like criminals. It is probably one of the most challenging things a person can do, one of them is a medic and is dealing with the amputations and guts you refer to.
Posted on: 19 March 2008 by Deane F
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Originally posted by djftw:
it is the least the general public can do to treat them with some respect,


They get respect from me - but no more I have for somebody that's joined, say, the Inland Revenue Service.

And I agree that it must be challenging - it runs against everything in a person to kill another. That's why military training is what it is.