http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/11/23/wounded-soldiers-in-pool-row-89520-20149599/
The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were taking part in a rehabilitation session at a leisure centre, when two women demanded they be removed from the pool.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/22/narmy322.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
2007-11-23 07:41:58 · 29 answers · asked by Fred3663 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
How do you stop that abusive woman from drowning?
Take your foot off her head.
2007-11-23 07:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dan ಠ_ಠ 5 · 11⤊ 1⤋
I am horrified that anyone no matter where would treat injured military personnel with such rudeness and crass behavior. The Leisure center should have offered the women who were so "upset" a refund of their money as asked them to leave. I would hope people aren't getting back into the habit of blaming the soldiers. All they do is follow orders and they are paying prices so high their lives will never be the same. The center needs to apologize to the soldiers for not ousting the women.
2007-11-23 08:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by WACVET75 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yes I read something of this in a copy of the Daily Express I found on a train yesterday here in London. There are some really sad people about, and most of them seem to be living in Surrey - the Greed Belt.
If you let kids meet up with wounded soldiers, they quickly form a bond and there is an immediate understanding. I just do not understand parents who are scared their kids might get to see a wounded soldier at the baths. These men are our soldiers, wounded in battle, they deserve our utmost respect.
God bless them all, every one.
2007-11-23 16:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
This just goes to show what people are like these days, they cannot even be pleasant to one another and as for upsetting the children ... rubbish .. children are more robust than people give them credit for .. this is half the reason why this country is in this state... this consent need to protect them from everything all the time, if they never see the world they never develop common sense and they become so introverted glued to computer games and stuck in the house all the time.
People expect the world these days and woe betide anyone who upsets this, even if they cannot help it .... can you imagine these people living in 1940's Britain... they would not know where to look
2007-11-23 08:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am disgusted, the son of an old comrade of mine was wounded in Afghanistan, serving in the same Regiment I served with his father. To think it could have been him in that pool insulted by those losers makes me livid, as it indeed makes me livid even if I do not know those lads, any soldier is a "brother"
2007-11-23 10:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
If it was a rehabilitation session. What were the two women doing there any way. They should have been removed.
What a display of a lack of tolerance or mercy towards your fellow country men heroes no less.
2007-11-23 07:57:07 · answer #6 · answered by Hi T 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
There's not much I can say about this article that's actually printable.
I will simply put that I have printed out the article and will be sending a copy to my lad - deployed in Afghanistan - so he can pass it round.
2007-11-23 10:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by one shot 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
totally agree with dan. lol
our boys and girls are sticking their lifes on the line on a daily bascis for us back at home. its dissapointing to know that there are such small minded people in this country. we should be proud of our servicemen and women. i sure am.
it takes a special kind of person to place themselves in harms way on purpose. hats off to them.
2007-11-24 02:15:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nice to see these women are enjoying their "Freedom" to shout abuse at service personnel which was bought and paid for by the blood and sacrifice of British Servicemen and Service women.
I know a few places in the world where she would not be so lucky to open her fat gob!!
Name and Shame her!!!
2007-11-23 07:57:04 · answer #9 · answered by conranger1 7 · 10⤊ 1⤋
a disgraceful thing to happen, these men could have been wounded here in Britain defending us from terrorists......i am sure they did not choose to be in Iraq and Afghanistan but must go where the politicians send them.
2007-11-23 07:51:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Those 2 whores want a good fcking slap.
2007-11-24 06:21:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋