I don't understand the attractionSmaug says: Ricky Gervais. Lesbian pr0n. Going into a crowded bar, purely because it's crowded. All these things seem to be popular with everybody else, but I just can't work out why. What leaves you cold just as much as it turns everyone else on?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 14:54)
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Two things prompted me to write the bit about the military1) The soldier who came home from some deployment and raped his wife. She went and told the sergent, he said he'd sort it all out. Nothing happened. Police wouldn't do anything as he's in the Army. Army didn't want to know.
2) The five pissed up sailors who tried to smash up my local pub when we didn't bow down at their feet and they were refused free drinks. Again - try getting the army or police to do anything.
Thats what I mean by protected and coddled. Out on deployment - I am under no delusion, it's fucking grim. But back here, they are very well protected. I agree, it's a hard job, one that entails a lot of pain. But they didn't have to sign up. It was their choice, and not one I feel worthy of the mindless admiration for making, and certainly I don't feel it gives them the right to behave however they feel.
I am not saying get rid of the military, by any means (although I would love to see the day when we can). They are sadly still needed. I just don't understand what's so wonderous about it all.
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