"How did you get your medal, Grandad?"
"Well, Lad. I sat in a top secret bunker, almost completely out of harm's way and shot rockets at some enemy combatants thousands of miles away using a remote controlled plane."
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That's nothing, I had to restart Call of Duty single player story mode from the very beginning every time I died.
Well uh, I didn't HAVE to. But I thought it the best way to honour our war dead.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:02,
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Went one better, I had a Britain First flat cap on.
And nothing else.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:09,
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Thats patriotism right there
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Thu 21 Sep 2017, 17:22,
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I'm afraid this is the best way of honouring our war dead
www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/rememberance-rumble.jpg?w=678&strip=all
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thats going to be a blast, especialy if they have there faces coverd like that
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Thu 21 Sep 2017, 17:26,
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The bravery of being out of range....
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"There's a moral courage in pressing that button, in executing a strike," he told Today. "It can be more difficult to do that when you are very removed from the battlefield, and not in the intensity of battle."
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:23,
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what with the facebook notifications popping up distracting you
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More time to consider the people you are killing.
Their family, friends, animals and other collateral damage, perhaps.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:32,
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I reckon I'd feel far more psychologically comfortable shooting someone with a sniper rifle rather than stabbing them in the neck with a hunting knife.
Blowing up a few nameless, monochrome, vaguely human-shaped blobs on a computer monitor would be a piece of piss. It's the kind of shit I can imagine the military outsourcing to call centres within a decade or two.
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I think it depends on how long you've been watching.
Things like the ability to have empathy are relevant.
Obviously, it is not the same as rescuing a wounded colleague or holding a position under fire.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:53,
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You,have a problem with that?
Plenty of people get medals without being shot at, there's your Gen service medal, op banner medal,UN bosnia medal, Former Yugo medal. Everyone on gulf war one got one. Most soldiers aren't infantry. There are specific medals for gallantry and valour. He won't get one of them.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 20:33,
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I gave my girlfriend a 'World Champion Girlfriend 2016-2017' trophy.
Is it like that, then?
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No. Not really.
Fuckwit
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 22:09,
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I know what you mean.
I got a sticker AND a lollipop that time the doctors removed a toy car from my colon
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Thu 21 Sep 2017, 7:01,
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Aren't you a bit old for lollipops?
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 21 Sep 2017, 12:45,
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The lollipop was a reward for inserting the car in the first place
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Thu 21 Sep 2017, 13:45,
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Would it help if he leveled up or bought an extra in play exclusive ?
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Thu 21 Sep 2017, 17:32,
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What's the difference between an Afghani primary school and an ISIS stronghold?
Buggered if I know - I only fly the drones
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where's spellingmistakescostlives when you need him?
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Wed 20 Sep 2017, 23:11,
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Disgraced politician, Michael Fallon, loves giving medals
It makes him feel loved and warm.
plus it is better if the soldiers don't have PTSD when he does it - their eyes scare him
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Don't see the issue if it is a service medal or operational one...
...long as it indicates it's for deploying WMD from a safe-space 2000 miles behind the front line. Medals for hits would be wrong though, if you got one would you crow about it?
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Thu 21 Sep 2017, 12:05,
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