"Hero" soldiers.

kneemos · 10-07-2012 04:24PM #1

Why do soldiers suddenly become heros if they get thier legs blown off.Thier sacrifice should be aknowledged'but it seems you hav'nt done anything unless you've at least lost an arm.

smash · 10-07-2012 04:27PM

kneemos wrote: »

Thier sacrifice should be aknowledged

So should their stupidity for joining the army in the first place!

SafeSurfer · 10-07-2012 04:27PM

Keyboard warriors are the only true heroes.

ScumLord · 10-07-2012 04:27PM

kneemos wrote: »

Why do soldiers suddenly become heros if they get thier legs blown off.Thier sacrifice should be aknowledged'but it seems you hav'nt done anything unless you've at least lost an arm.

Because they took the job in the knowledge they may well lose a limb or their lifes. Risking your life for others sort of automatically makes you a hero.

MarkR · 10-07-2012 04:27PM

You should start blowing off pieces of yourself until you feel heroic. Post back (by blinking I presume) to let us know how you got on.

Kev_2012 · 10-07-2012 04:28PM

First Pat Tillman lies about how he died and now this?

frag420 · 10-07-2012 04:29PM

my friend lost a thumb after he picked up and unexploded banger one halloween.

he was and still is a hero to us all.

Cant hitch a lift for **** though!!

10-07-2012 04:31PM

frag420 wrote: »

my friend lost a thumb after he picked up and unexploded banger one halloween.

he was and still is a hero to us all.

Cant hitch a lift for **** though!!

What about his other thumb?

Or was he born with only one?

Pushtrak · 10-07-2012 04:31PM

You have to lose an arm to be a hero? This thread doesn't have a leg to stand on.

kfallon · 10-07-2012 04:32PM

frag420 wrote: »

my friend lost a thumb after he picked up and unexploded banger one halloween.

he was and still is a hero to us all.

Cant hitch a lift for **** though!!

Tell him the next time he wants to hitch a lift to get himself aroused and then grip his erection so it looks like the tip of his penis is his thumb sticking up, bound to work tho not sure how many people will let him in the car once they realise he is standing at their door with a 'stalker' in his hand :eek:

akura · 10-07-2012 04:33PM

This is going to be some thread me thinks:pac:

10-07-2012 04:34PM

akura wrote: »

This is going to be somme thread me thinks:pac:

fyp

frag420 · 10-07-2012 04:35PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

What about his other thumb?

Or was he born with only one?

It was his left thumb. If you hitch with your right thumb it signals to truck drivers that you are ghey. its trucker code. You ever hear a trucker refering to a thumb in the bum??

He still puts his left hand out but they think he is just waving.

davetherave · 10-07-2012 04:35PM

smash wrote: »

So should their stupidity for joining the army in the first place!

What a ridiculous generalisation.
So only stupid people join the military? When are you enlisting then?

kneemos · 10-07-2012 04:35PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Because they took the job in the knowledge they may well lose a limb or their lifes. Risking your life for others sort of automatically makes you a hero.

Thier all heros in that case.Diminishes the term.?

smash · 10-07-2012 04:37PM

davetherave wrote: »

What a ridiculous generalisation.
So only stupid people join the military?

In my opinion, yes. You have to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic to do it.

davetherave wrote: »

When are you enlisting then?

Very mature.

kfallon · 10-07-2012 04:39PM

frag420 wrote: »

It was his left thumb. If you hitch with your right thumb it signals to truck drivers that you are ghey. its trucker code. You ever here a trucker refering to a thumb in the bum??

He still puts his left hand out but they think he is just waving.

Just for the record, I'm not a trucker

:pac:

Kirby · 10-07-2012 04:39PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Risking your life for others sort of automatically makes you a hero.

This is very true.

Unfortunately, todays soldiers do no such thing. They are not risking their lives for others. They risk it on the whim of corporations. There hasn't been a just war since world war II and people know what they sign up for when they join the modern army.

Fire fighters, rescue crews, etc. These people risk their lives for others voluntarily. Soldiers do what they are told, regardless of what that may be. It's not the same.

DipStick McSwindler · 10-07-2012 04:42PM

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Shenshen · 10-07-2012 04:45PM

I grew up in a town riddled with soldiers, and I don't think I've got any words to express my deep contempt.

kfallon · 10-07-2012 04:47PM

feeney92 wrote: »

"A man who won't die for something is a man not fit to live." Martin Luther King Jr.

I'm dying for a shite right now, I must be a hero! :pac:

DipStick McSwindler · 10-07-2012 04:50PM

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Shenshen · 10-07-2012 04:53PM

feeney92 wrote: »

Falls Road?

Where?

Pedant · 10-07-2012 04:54PM

"I accidentally killed 5 innocent civilians in a firefight today and then I got my legs blown off for no apparent reason by those terrorists ... poor me, I deserve a medal."

gobnaitolunacy · 10-07-2012 04:54PM

feeney92 wrote: »

In my opinion all soldiers are heroes.

Er even guys in the Waffen SS/Black & Tans/Soviet grunts looking for a bit of fluff in Berlin/Japanese POW camp guards? Top bunch of lads.

marcsignal · 10-07-2012 04:54PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I grew up in a town riddled with soldiers, and I don't think I've got any words to express my deep contempt.

I'm sure this child knows just what you mean.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Yjk2SYkug

fishy fishy · 10-07-2012 04:55PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

What about his other thumb?

Or was he born with only one?

thats only good for the opposite direction.

Shenshen · 10-07-2012 04:55PM

feeney92 wrote: »

You think every soldier of the British army agreed with the war in Iraq or Afghanistan? A government made a decision to invade 2 countries. regardless of what their public thought on the matter, these soldiers signed up to have a meaning, better way of life(in their own opinions) a cause and maybe just plain excitement. Sorry soldiers who do not want an ordinary boring life stuck behind a desk all day doing paperwork or worry about bailling out banks. The job has risks and it comes with great safety in a career.

Good for them. That doesn't make them "heroes", though.

I realise that soldiers have to exist, but I do urge the people in charge of them to do their utmost to keep them away from innocent civilians everywhere.

DipStick McSwindler · 10-07-2012 04:57PM

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"Hero" soldiers.

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