'My daddy is a hero': Girl, 6, attends funeral of her father

[Gibs960]

I'm just sayin, he's hardly a hero if he's dead and who's hero was he exactly? Has he affected this country apart from in a negative way by being in the army fighting a bloody pointless war.

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm just sayin, he's hardly a hero if he's dead and who's hero was he exactly? Has he affected this country apart from in a negative way by being in the army fighting a bloody pointless war.

Excuse me? Just because he's dead and no longer alive doesn't mean he shouldn't be classed as a hero to his daughter who is only six years old. It may be a bloody pointless war to yourself but the soldiers are not in control of what war they fight in or not, they are given orders and they follow them orders. They did sign up to be in the armed forces for these reasons and will be sent around the world to fight in whatever war they may need to fight in.

I hardly doubt you will go up to a six year old and be like "Sorry your dad is no hero", that is disgusting. Oh and everyone should respect the armed services, they do a bloody great job and they are fantastic credit to this country. You may not agree with the war that is going on in Afghanistan but that does give you right to start disrespecting them.

[Gibs960]

But he isn't a hero is he, whos life has he saved? No ones.

[xxMATTGxx]

But he isn't a hero is he, whos life has he saved? No ones.

How would you know if he hasn't or not? He may of saved other soldiers while fighting the taliban over in Afghanistan or saved innocent civilian people while over there. Don't say such silly things when you have no idea. He is a hero to his family and to his own daughter, you should not take that away from them. If they want to class them as a hero, they shall.

Would you say the same thing to the millions of British people who died during the world wars? I bet you wouldn't one bit.

[Jessicrawrr]

I respect soldiers and people who risk their own lifes for others, but something about the topic of wars like these, it annoys me slightly.
With no disrespect, these soldiers choose to fight in these wars, they know the consiquences of going to these places, they know they could be killed.
You get charities like Help for Heros, they must get lots of money to help the soldiers and whatever.
But imo other charities like Make a Wish and G.O.S.H should be main charities that most support, they help people, children and adults who can't help help the condition they're in, they try to help and give them the best quality of life they can, whereas soldiers choose to go and possibley be killed, or be seriously injured.
Again, I do not think what the soldiers do is nothing, I think they are heros, what they do is good, but they are taking other peoples lifes away, they are taking childrens parents away from them, which in this case has happend to that little girl, she doesn't have a dad anymore, nor does that little afgan girl.

That man is a hero, he died fighting for his country, he is going to be rememberd as a hero.

[Gibs960]

Not I wouldn't cos we were getting bombed almost weekly not every 5 years.

[xxMATTGxx]

Not I wouldn't cos we were getting bombed almost weekly not every 5 years.

Yeah I thought so but all of my other points still stand. Oh and we don't get bombed every 5 years either.

[Gibs960]

When was the last Taliban related bomb aimed at England?

[xxMATTGxx]

When was the last Taliban related bomb aimed at England?

We do not get bombed every 5 years in this country, you think terrorists wait 5 years to bomb us? Don't be so silly.

7 July 2005 London bombings
29 June 2007 - London
30 June 2007 - Glasgow Internal Airport

(Not all bombs though)

[Gibs960]

Answer the question, when was the last time, it was '07 I think. Almost 4 years.