Originally Posted by
toddbabe
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We used to be taught/ told not to wear,display or have any outward signs of our military jobs whilst off duty, now it seems encouraged again to wear it in public!
Toddy, the difference is whilst the IRA actively targetted military/Govt establishments and their staff, Al Q and all their little wizards target a much wider group....the general public. I doubt very much if a serviceman in uniform would attract any more or less venom from genuine extremists than say, a passenger on a tube train.