Originally Posted by
Flight_Idle
I served in the ranks for most of the seventies when any hint of 'Gayness' would be hunted down punished & ultimately dismissed from the service.
Even today, I cannot imagine in my own mind openly gay people in service, thanks to the way it was then. It somehow reminds me of the American 'Black squadrons' of the second world war in a way.
I had left the service long before the instant 'About turn' & feel it must have been forced upon them, probably by the EU thing.
I would have liked to have observed this sudden 'About turn' seeing grim faced investigators having their cases dropped on the spot! Guilty one moment, not guilty the next.
I would have liked to have seen this change in attitude first hand & I suspect the whole thing was very carefully planned with new entries coming in all the time.
The whole 'PC' thing is very 'Pick & mix' I would support some arguments, but not others.
In a nice way, nobody really cares these days. If someone is a c*ck then they are a c*ck. Their religion, sex, sexuality, race or whatever else measure by which people can be offended doesnt really matter or feature in the equation.
I don’t mean this to sound glib, but times change for better or for worse and we can accept it and have a laugh in the mess with all and sundry or dig our heels in and slowly become angry, bitter and highly toxic. Either way, it’s happening, and I like beer 😀