A survey of more than 9,100 servicemen discloses that almost one in five military personnel has been refused service in pubs, hotels and shops because they were in uniform.
Six per cent have been attacked in the street, while 21 per cent have reported strangers coming up to them and shouting abuse.
In one case, a member of the Royal Navy was told by his son’s head teacher to stop wearing his uniform on the school run because it “upset the parents”.
A female RAF recruiter said that on more than one occasion members of the public have screamed “baby killer” at her as she walked to work in her uniform.
The study also discloses how servicemen and women face discrimination such as being refused mortgages and even mobile phone contracts as a result of being in the Armed Forces.

Orlanth wrote:Britons dont hate servicemen, Islamic fanatics and PC smegheads hate servicemen.

I know a Flight sergerant in the RAF who has young children educted in a Birmingham inner city school. When it came to the childrens 'bring a parent to school day' his kids were not allowed to include him in case it caused 'offense'. there were several other affront and open rejections of these childrens parentla relationship by the teaching staff. The teachers at this school weren't islamic, though several of the kids were, no the teachers were the up-their-own-arse multi-culturalists who believe that multi-culturalism is synonymous with pandering to any amount of intolerance if sourced or perceived to be from an ethnic subculture.

It is sickening enough when servicemen are mistreated by these idiots, but they also take it out on their kids. Being told they your dad is in an unwanted profession, that he cannot come to school on parents days like the other parents and the kids cannot even present what they did with daddy, or what daddy does to their classmates.
You would expect that with the think-of-the-children mentality so prevalent amongst these people they might recognise that what they are doing is damaging.

Wyrmalla wrote:0.o I know that their are a lot of stupid people in the world, but it takes a special kind of idioacys to walk up to a group of burly, shaven haired men in camoflage and give them abuse...

British soldiers are supposed to be some of the most well respected servicemen out there. If they're spending their time abroad building up good relations with the foreign populations of the countries that they're fighting in (instead of shooting them....), I'd think people would have the respect to clam their mouths and give the guys a bit of rest when they get home. =/

....But yeah, a tabloid sprouting nonsence figures as usual in the hope of spurring up a responce to get their reader's doing a bit more page turning. =P

Orlanth wrote:Britons dont hate servicemen, Islamic fanatics and PC smegheads hate servicemen.

Rudyard Kipling c.1892 wrote:
Tommy

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

ShumaGorath wrote:Oh, hey, we did this after Vietnam. You'll get over it eventually.

Jumpin Jesus wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:Oh, hey, we did this after Vietnam. You'll get over it eventually.

Yeah. My grandpa was spit on at the airport after spending a year in Vietnam as an infantrymen. This honestly dosent suprise me (wether its true or not) most people find it easier to blame the grunts rather than the people who have control over where we are and why we are there.

Lux Lucis wrote:My brother did get someone come up to him and shake his hand when he was in uniform just after he returned from the 'ghan. I've always lived in areas with quite high numbers of service personnel, so I suspect my experience is skewed.

mattyrm wrote:Britain has muslims.

I know loads of blokes who have been refused service and abused.

Never by a white woman or man though.

I would type a long answer but I'm on my phone so you will have to make do with the short one.

Muslims.

mattyrm wrote:Britain has muslims.

I know loads of blokes who have been refused service and abused.

Never by a white woman or man though.

I would type a long answer but I'm on my phone so you will have to make do with the short one.

Muslims.

Corpsesarefun wrote:bs, I've never seen anyone (in person) express anything but pride for soldiers even if they disagree with the war they are fighting in.