Originally Posted by
212man
I suspect the changes are more to do with the consequences of 20 years of continuous operational tours in the ME. You are correct that there are many cases of PTSD from the Falklands, but I would suggest that seeing your friends get their jaw shot off, or bayonetting a bunch of crying conscripts in a trench in the night, is somewhat more traumatic than learning that a bloke you never knew, on a ship you’ve never been on, has topped himself.
Maybe, or maybe that you are just far less emphatic, caring and sympathetic than most?
I found the outpouring of emotion and grief at the death of Princess Diana to be a very strange reaction, but I find the expression of solidarity and compassion with those experiencing grief or loss a heart warming, uniting and overwhelmingly good thing.
No doubt you would just dismiss it as mere virtual signalling.