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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
Americans??? 
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Give it a rest Chris...it's not as if reporters get it 100% right all the time...and yes that is including reporters for local rags.
I made a mistake about the length of the war, because it was based on what I remember from 30 years ago. And I put my hands up to that, we all make mistakes. But unlike you, I haven't used the typical reporter tactic of twisting peoples words around to mean something different. You knew exactly what both of my comments that you quoted actually mean. And I'n not going to get drawn into a petty squabble about actual meaning of words. |
Another old rerporter's epithet is never let the facts get in the way of a good story. It's not one I lived by personally, but wasn't I saying only a moment ago how you liked to claim the experience of friends and family as your own.
I think if you're going to wade into a discussion as detailed and long-lasting as this particular thread, you owe it to yourself to rely on a little more than childhood memories. Your mis-remembering of the basic fact of the length of the war would have been immediately corrected had you gone no further than the Wikipedia entry for the 1982 conflict.
For you to make grand statements about how ex-service personnel in this thread are insulting the memories of soldiers who died is utterly pitiful given that you are prepared to advance arguments about the detail of the current situation without even the basic courtesy of trying to get your facts straight.