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Nice one. A real slap in the face for the PC brigade but hey, that's life.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
You do know that political correctness is about use of language, don't you?
Anyway, seven years, 50% of time served seems reasonable. A real slap in the face for the hang 'em and flog 'em tough on crime brigade, but that's life.
The people unhappy at the verdict are in or ex-military who don't like to admit troops aren't just killing machines.
Now how did I know that comment would draw YOU out of the woodwork with your ridiculous generalisations?
Like shooting fish in a barrel!!
If you bothered to do more than just read your copy of the Guardian, you would see that there is great deal more support for Marine A than simply within the military and ex-military community.
Try mixing with real people instead of cocooning yourself within that small huddle of virtue-signalling morons that you regard as your "world view". Might prevent you making such an embarrassing spectacle of yourself on this forum if nothing else.
Cue hysterical claims of "bigot"....."Racist"........etc. etc.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”
Why is a slap on the face for the PC brigade? Mentally ill people aren't responsible for their actions.
The people unhappy at the verdict are in or ex-military who don't like to admit troops aren't just killing machines.
Actually its very clear that PTSD is a real thing. The victim was unlikely to survive and it would have been a huge risk for them to leave him to tell his mates or take him with them.
What would you do in his situation?
If you can sensibly answer differently to him then I will be impressed.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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