Cameron wants nation to appreciate armed forces

[Hitman]

The public should express its appreciation of Britain's military "more loudly and more proudly", Prime Minister David Cameron said.
Speaking ahead of Armed Forces Day, he said the country had a "social responsibility" to show its thanks.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cameron also called for "an explosion of red, white and blue" to mark Saturday's events.
Celebrations will take place across the country, with a main event in Cardiff.
Mr Cameron said his recent trip to Afghanistan, his first as prime minister, had served as a reminder of the risks faced by troops.



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Hear hear! I'm starting to like David Cameron, he is a lot more patriotic than Brown. For example, this, along with the English flag above 10 Downing street to mark support for the England team, and then he told council bosses/staff to not be spoilsports and to allow flags on cars/taxis/dustbin lorrys, etc.

[GommeInc]

Bit of an odd article really. If you ask anyone this or tell them, they just say "we support them enough already". It's not realy something you go running to the streets for every five minutes. When some troops return home, they get a warm welcome.

[Bun]

bit of a crowd pleasing statement but nevertheless, fair play to him. i completely agree.

[Swastika]

I can't see people taking down their England flags for the weekend and putting up the Union Jack, however i think this is good and we should all appreciate our Armed Forces abit more.

[Hitman]

Bit of an odd article really. If you ask anyone this or tell them, they just say "we support them enough already". It's not realy something you go running to the streets for every five minutes. When some troops return home, they get a warm welcome.

Indeed they do get warm welcomes, apart from nowadays there are nutty Islamic extremists calling them murderers... now if David really supports them maybe he'd do something about that...

[alexxxxx]

Indeed they do get warm welcomes, apart from nowadays there are nutty Islamic extremists calling them murderers... now if David really supports them maybe he'd do something about that...

that's right, shut up everyone who you don't agree with. :rolleyes:

[Hitman]

that's right, shut up everyone who you don't agree with. :rolleyes:

I'd have you shut up...

They can have freedom of speech (even though they despise it - take a look at my little friends below) - but shouting 'murderers' and other nasty insults could be classed as harassment - and in one case it was, a few young Muslims had chanted similar things to returning troops and were sent to court. Of course, this country being such a laughing stock they got off.

Oh yeah, here are my friendly little friends. They love us.





There is freedom of speech and there's utter hatred, threats and violence.

But no, you're right, the troops are nothing. Why should we let them have a peaceful home coming? All they do is go to some weird country and risk their lives... and kill people who want us dead... pfft MURDERERS! :rolleyes:

[alexxxxx]

I'd have you shut up...

They can have freedom of speech (even though they despise it - take a look at my little friends below) - but shouting 'murderers' and other nasty insults could be classed as harassment - and in one case it was, a few young Muslims had chanted similar things to returning troops and were sent to court. Of course, this country being such a laughing stock they got off.

Oh yeah, here are my friendly little friends. They love us.





There is freedom of speech and there's utter hatred, threats and violence.

But no, you're right, the troops are nothing. Why should we let them have a peaceful home coming? All they do is go to some weird country and risk their lives... and kill people who want us dead... pfft MURDERERS! :rolleyes:

this is free speech imo. you have to accept there will be people you agree with and people who you don't. whether or not its harrasment is up to the court.

it's a thing with the army. there are people who against all conflict or just certain conflicts. it's part of the job - you have to accept your actions will not be acceptable to everyone's standards and you have to bare (somewhat) the brunt of that.

i think the army is given enough respect as it is imo.

[Hitman]

this is free speech imo. you have to accept there will be people you agree with and people who you don't. whether or not its harrasment is up to the court.

it's a thing with the army. there are people who against all conflict or just certain conflicts. it's part of the job - you have to accept your actions will not be acceptable to everyone's standards and you have to bare (somewhat) the brunt of that.

i think the army is given enough respect as it is imo.

Oh I do accept this, it would be very ignorant not to. I have debates with a few people I know irl regularly and they have very, very different opinions to me. I imagine many people are against murder and so they are against the war - but the soldiers are just doing their jobs. The Government are the ones who tell them where to go and what to do, the soldiers obey to protect the country. Some may argue that this war isn't protecting our country, and it very well might not be, but that's the Governments fault/problem/issue not the soldier's.

[alexxxxx]

Oh I do accept this, it would be very ignorant not to. I have debates with a few people I know irl regularly and they have very, very different opinions to me. I imagine many people are against murder and so they are against the war - but the soldiers are just doing their jobs. The Government are the ones who tell them where to go and what to do, the soldiers obey to protect the country. Some may argue that this war isn't protecting our country, and it very well might not be, but that's the Governments fault/problem/issue not the soldier's.

that's it 'soldiers are doing their job' and that's what being a soldier is - a job. A poorly paid one, because as sad as it sounds, unemploy(-able/ed) young men are 'a dime a dozen' in some areas and unfortunately their only choices are being on the dole or earn a bit more being a soldier. I'm sure some people go into the army for the love of their country or the job itself but some simply have to go to better themselves as they didn't have the opportunity to do so beforehand. You see it on the adverts on the TV for the army, they almost portray it as a training camp rather than really the seriousness of the job.