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Sgt Blackman will be free in the morning!
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By *atcouple OP Couple
over a year ago
Suffolk - East Anglia |
Great news.
A courageous and decent man, doing his job in an appalling situation. Then locked up for doing the best under the circumstances.
Hopefully he and his fantastic wife can live a life of peace and happiness. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Tonight he's getting released 
Actually it is in the morning. Prisons always release am. Stupid i know."
Is it really?! I thought i read a headline saying tonight  that's bloody wierd  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration 
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free."
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free.
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain...
???? TV  "
If that's intended as a coherent response I'm afraid it's lost on me ...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's a terribly complex situation.
I get the "men like him keep us safe" thing. I also get its war.
But the British forces are governed by law. And what stupidity filming it and allowing it be mainstream.
I'm glad he's free but it's far from simple. Would we have felt that way if an enemy combatant had done it to a British soldier? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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" It's a terribly complex situation.
I get the "men like him keep us safe" thing. I also get its war.
But the British forces are governed by law. And what stupidity filming it and allowing it be mainstream.
I'm glad he's free but it's far from simple. Would we have felt that way if an enemy combatant had done it to a British soldier?"
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free.
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain... "
this.....
it would be far more dignified if those people who are mainly his cheerleaders would stop defending things that the person himself is not defending...... |
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By *atcouple OP Couple
over a year ago
Suffolk - East Anglia |
"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free.
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain...
this.....
it would be far more dignified if those people who are mainly his cheerleaders would stop defending things that the person himself is not defending......"
Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free.
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain...
this.....
it would be far more dignified if those people who are mainly his cheerleaders would stop defending things that the person himself is not defending......
Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of."
if it was that simple then there would be no need of a thread cheering his release... |
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By *atcouple OP Couple
over a year ago
Suffolk - East Anglia |
"It an event I'd rather see pass with muted dignity rather than brash celebration
Well it's men like him that keep people like you free.
You're entitled to you opinion even though in context its as far removed from the truth as possible to attain...
this.....
it would be far more dignified if those people who are mainly his cheerleaders would stop defending things that the person himself is not defending......
Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of.
if it was that simple then there would be no need of a thread cheering his release..."
Why not? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's a whatever.
He did something he shouldn't have.
He did it on camera.
Some one saved the footage and it got found.
People did worse, a lot never got caught.
The prat who sent us to war to please the Americans is walking around free after lying about WMDs. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
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Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of."
and you do?.... did they call you as a witness?
cool.... please.. lets deal with "fact"
a) he shot dead someone
b) that act was found to be "unlawful"... manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
c) Sgt. Blackman is not challenging the verdict of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
there are your "fact's".... you are challenging something that the person himself is not challenging.....
he could if he thought he did nothing wrong..... but he is not! |
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Coming from a military family there are 2 sides to every story. The guy he shot wasn't going to survive as he had been hit by Apache gunfire so i believe. Not many people survive that. So was he putting the guy out if his misery. Maybe. Maybe not. He knew what he was doing in shooting an unarmed enemy. Totaly against the geneva convention. Does the enemy play by those rules. No. But that doesn't make what he did right. And he knows that! He was daft enough to have it filmed. There is his mistake. Would other people do the same in his situation. Who knows unless you have been in that situation. I'm glad he's being released but i won't be cheering for him on his release. It's still murder. |
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By *atcouple OP Couple
over a year ago
Suffolk - East Anglia |
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Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of.
and you do?.... did they call you as a witness?
cool.... please.. lets deal with "fact"
a) he shot dead someone
b) that act was found to be "unlawful"... manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
c) Sgt. Blackman is not challenging the verdict of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
there are your "fact's".... you are challenging something that the person himself is not challenging.....
he could if he thought he did nothing wrong..... but he is not!"
Are, purely subjective my good man.
Let's agree to disagree.
Just be proud of the fact that decent men like him are our defence services who are the envy of the free world and they keep us free. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Cheerleaders? Before I made a statement like that i would be certain i know who I was making it to because you don't know on here.
Facts. He is a decent man.
He was doing his job that he was trained to do.
The dead man was the enemy.
Simples!! End of.
and you do?.... did they call you as a witness?
cool.... please.. lets deal with "fact"
a) he shot dead someone
b) that act was found to be "unlawful"... manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
c) Sgt. Blackman is not challenging the verdict of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility
there are your "fact's".... you are challenging something that the person himself is not challenging.....
he could if he thought he did nothing wrong..... but he is not!"
Telling me you've never lost your temper? Fact that he's not contesting the sentence makes him decent.
You make a mistake, you admit it you take the consequences. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just be proud of the fact that decent men like him are our defence services who are the envy of the free world and they keep us free."
He's not a decent man though is he, he's a convicted killer. Sorry, but I'm not proud of men like him. I'm proud of the men who do a shit job under shit conditions for shit money but do it lawfully. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just be proud of the fact that decent men like him are our defence services who are the envy of the free world and they keep us free.
He's not a decent man though is he, he's a convicted killer. Sorry, but I'm not proud of men like him. I'm proud of the men who do a shit job under shit conditions for shit money but do it lawfully. "
I once cocked my SA80A1 and aimed it at a loud mouthed teenager who said something really stupid to me.
I very very nearly fired. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just be proud of the fact that decent men like him are our defence services who are the envy of the free world and they keep us free.
He's not a decent man though is he, he's a convicted killer. Sorry, but I'm not proud of men like him. I'm proud of the men who do a shit job under shit conditions for shit money but do it lawfully.
I once cocked my SA80A1 and aimed it at a loud mouthed teenager who said something really stupid to me.
I very very nearly fired. "
Wow you must've felt like super man |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just be proud of the fact that decent men like him are our defence services who are the envy of the free world and they keep us free.
He's not a decent man though is he, he's a convicted killer. Sorry, but I'm not proud of men like him. I'm proud of the men who do a shit job under shit conditions for shit money but do it lawfully.
I once cocked my SA80A1 and aimed it at a loud mouthed teenager who said something really stupid to me.
I very very nearly fired.
Wow you must've felt like super man "
Often but more usually like the punisher  |
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