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Is it still okay to shoot at pictures of real people on a shooting range
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Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last. -
Originally posted by Whorty View PostSo you're saying, if you had been told to go to Iraq or similar to fight you could have refused? Really?But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Some historical perspective for the poorly educated:
Now – as in the Soviet Union – making a joke can be a dangerous, life-changing mistake | The SpectatorComment
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Originally posted by TwoWolves View PostSome historical perspective for the poorly educated:
Now – as in the Soviet Union – making a joke can be a dangerous, life-changing mistake | The Spectator
Next.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostThanks for the whataboutery, but it's not the same is it? We're talking about shooting at an image of a real person (who in this case is still alive) and not about joking. I don't think anyone is complaining about, for example, the p-taking of Corbyn by the Last Leg team
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This whole manufactured outrage circus is getting tiresome.Comment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostBecause they are trained to follow orders from above, without question, whether they agree with the orders or not.
Gotta love the faux outrage from people that have never been anywhere near a real military unit. Firing popguns at pop-up wildebeest and meerkats just don't compare d'ye see?
Now off you trot you featherbrained dork.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by TwoWolves View PostI think we can be pretty certain that the soldiers in question had no intention of actually shooting Jeremy Corbyn, and wouldn't do so even if ordered.
We expect the British Armed Forces to be non-political in both words and deeds. A similar action by another country’s forces firing at imagery of their official opposition leader (say, Turkey or Russia or Zimbabwe) would likely be strongly condemned by our Foreign Office.
This whole manufactured outrage circus is getting tiresome.Comment
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostNot in the British Army they ain't. Maybe in the Armies that YOU have served in (stop giggling at the back), but we have an Army whose personnel are allowed to act upon their own initiative.
Gotta love the faux outrage from people that have never been anywhere near a real military unit. Firing popguns at pop-up wildebeest and meerkats just don't compare d'ye see?
Now off you trot you featherbrained dork.
I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostYou don't need to have served,
Originally posted by Whorty View Postto understand the ethics of using an image of a real person for target practice.
Go and have a lie down if it is all too much for you dearie.“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostThanks for the whataboutery, but it's not the same is it? We're talking about shooting at an image of a real person (who in this case is still alive) and not about joking. I don't think anyone is complaining about, for example, the p-taking of Corbyn by the Last Leg team
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Has effigy burning of real persons been culturally normalised? That's a serious question, not trolling.Comment
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