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I would like to apologise, to everyone reading my post the other day.I was very upset & angry after watching the news of those 8 soldiers being brought home, like so many others recently.
I never did national service but I did volunteer I know many that did national service and hated every bloody minute of it, the same goes for WW1 & WW2 if you ever get the chance go round the museum on the harbour at Ramsgate, they have walls of graffiti taken from WW1 holding camps in Kent for conscientious objectors they certainly did not want to fight for Queen and Country, also look at WW2 and shortly after D-Day when British troops of all ranks just packed and said they would not fight, needless to say it was soon sorted out before it spread any futher,
Quote from: rosebud on July 17, 2009, 22:47:01 I would like to apologise, to everyone reading my post the other day.I was very upset & angry after watching the news of those 8 soldiers being brought home, like so many others recently.My take on this is that you shouldn't need to apologise, simply because the word "racist" is flung at you by someone whose politics are far more inspired by hatred than your post ever was. There's a lot of bullying on most internet forums. A4A is one of the better ones, but even here you go against the established climate of opinion at your peril.
Quote from: Mr Smith on July 18, 2009, 09:18:30I never did national service but I did volunteer I know many that did national service and hated every bloody minute of it, the same goes for WW1 & WW2 if you ever get the chance go round the museum on the harbour at Ramsgate, they have walls of graffiti taken from WW1 holding camps in Kent for conscientious objectors they certainly did not want to fight for Queen and Country, also look at WW2 and shortly after D-Day when British troops of all ranks just packed and said they would not fight, needless to say it was soon sorted out before it spread any futher, I agree if the country is at War to defend themselves i.e. Falklands WW1 WW2, you should be called up automatically, but to volunteer a lifestyle and then discover OH ! so you can get killed then.Isn't it strange how they always inform us of how many British Soldiers are killed never the Taliban, I suppose this is because British Soldiers deaths are creating mass hysteria and sensationalism ----- the good old tabloids Despite feeling sorry for those left behind and families in a family death, THEY CHOSE THE LIFE DIDN'T THEY.
What an idiotic post. My smiley says that I accepted Rosebuds apology - end of as far as I was concerned.
I do not want to rake over her (obviously in the heat of an emotional moment) post but you have now forced me to.
In what way can calling for an entire country of people to be wiped out not be racist or genocidic?
In what way am I motivated by hate when it is my desire for everybody to live together in peace and equality and I believe that all life is sacrosanct?
Yippee, I can't wait for this perfect and equality of life to come along in to my world, which will mean for me being bettered payed and longer holidays a secure job and then we are all be equal, ;)
And in what way was my post bullying just because it does not accord with your obviously bigotted views?
And one further point. I believe in everybody's right to freedom of speech. I have never reported a post to Dan for censorship and did not in this case. But I also retain my right to disagree with what other people say.