Prince Harry - Page 6

Xaccers · 29-02-2008, 17:50

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Originally Posted by iglu

Come on, you do not defend with TV crews showing a brat, there is no need for this, get the boy a computer game, there is no need for him to practice with real Afghanis

So you also object to the Ross Kemp program in Afghanistan, and all film/photographic reporting of the events, such as the personal videos made by soldiers over there as seen on youtube etc?

29-02-2008, 18:17

Iglu it is funny i read your posts with the constant tag "brat" and i don't think of harry funny that. As for this talk of practicing with afghani's are you for real or did you have to practice to become so deluded. How many years service have you done and if the answer is none then do us all a favour and shut up on a subject where your ignorance really does shine through.

As for harry's behaviour er go stroll down any town\city centre on a friday\saturday night you'll see plenty of it and not always by people with young age as an excuse. A couple of recent threads on this forum have shown some of it's members to be petty vindictive people that have too much time on their hands and think they are clever taking potshots at people that least deserve them.

When some of the pot shotter's go and do what harry and all our lads and girls are doing then i will listen to you till then try to mature a bit more then you obviously are.

iglu · 29-02-2008, 18:36

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

How many years service have you done and if the answer is none then do us all a favour and shut up on a subject where your ignorance really does shine through.

Zero years of service---I shut up as ordered

Caff · 29-02-2008, 19:32

Disregarding my thoughts on any of our troops being on foreign ground, if the prince did a good job serving his country (and who better than a prince to do it?), then I'm pleased. I bet he boosted the morale of the other guys there no end just by being there.

Hom3r · 29-02-2008, 19:36

At the end of the day the only people in my opinion who have the right to critise, are those who have seen action, or have had a family member who has seen action.

It makes no difference who his family is.

Caff · 29-02-2008, 19:45

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

At the end of the day the only people in my opinion who have the right to critise, are those who have seen action, or have had a family member who has seen action.

It makes no difference who his family is.

Agreed.

**Chris** · 29-02-2008, 22:07

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

At the end of the day the only people in my opinion who have the right to critise, are those who have seen action, or have had a family member who has seen action.

It makes no difference who his family is.

There's a fundamental flaw with that argument. If you bar anyone from having an opinion on anything they have no direct experience of, what kind of democracy would we be living in then?

You are perfectly entitled to weigh up people's opinions and decide for yourself how seriously to take them, but what you can't do is decide who has a right to criticise something and who doesn't. All of us have that right, regardless of the subject.

Sirius · 29-02-2008, 22:14

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Originally Posted by iglu

I shut up as ordered

About the only good thing you have done then .

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

At the end of the day the only people in my opinion who have the right to critise, are those who have seen action, or have had a family member who has seen action.

It makes no difference who his family is.

I happen to be in both of those situations and can say i have no time for those that slag off the soldiers and have not had the guts to do the job themselves.

TheDaddy · 29-02-2008, 23:37

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Originally Posted by iglu

I am sorry but I feel for the poor Afghanis, we send a brat with several TV crews to film him at war. What a disgrace, people are losing their lives and we are watching it as a reality show...

Make your mind up, it's either him at war or him on a PR stunt, oh and if he is such a brat, why do his men hold him in such high esteem? Dont go saying it's because of who he is either because that wouldn't matter a jot to them when the ***** hits the fan

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Originally Posted by ntluser

There are a lot of brave soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who are conducting themselves in the best traditions of the army.They are just doing their very dangerous job in a courageous manner and if Harry manages to match that he will earn their respect and ours but to label him a hero is just a PR exercise because by the same token you would also have to label all the other soldiers as heroes too.I suspect most would feel that they are doing the job they are paid and trained to do.

Heroism implies an act of courage over and above the call of duty usually for the sake of others.Heroes might include for example a soldier rushing an enemy machine gunpost to stop it firing on his comrades, disarming a live bomb, rescuing an injured colleague whilst under fire etc.No doubt forum members can think of other examples

Having seen all the newspaper pages devoted to Harry, I suspect it is more a PR exercise to show that Harry has done his bit. One does have to wonder though how it was that a US website in a country which is supposed to be an ally leaked the information.

Nice speech but if you notice I wasn't actually aiming my comments at Harry, its just Kronas didn't seem to think it possible for people to be hero's in an 'unjust' war

Miller70 · 01-03-2008, 00:16

http://petermusgrove.com/2008/02/29/...an-front-line/

Would love to know what people think about this one.

Nugget · 01-03-2008, 00:47

Load of toot, and makes light of the whole situation. Why do you ask?

etccarmageddon · 01-03-2008, 01:13

do we need another Harry thread?

here's one we prepared earlier

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/20...ry-page-6.html

MovedGoalPosts · 01-03-2008, 01:18

Thread's merged as there is no need for a separate one.

There will always be people seeking to use humour to put a slightly different perspective on matters. Bottom line Prince Harry has been at risk in Afghanistan. So have many other troops. All deserve equal recognition and respect. I for one wouldn't want to be there.

Xan · 01-03-2008, 08:19

I do like the the bit when he said on the news he had to hide his face just incase someone seen him,wasent he with gurkers and they stand at around 5,5 or so.

**Hugh** · 01-03-2008, 08:22

But they usually have Brit officers, who are a bit taller - I think he was hiding the fact it was him, not that he was a Brit.