Cribble, further to your "stand up and be counted" call, as serving members of the NZDF we are not allowed to comment on matters of policy.
So.. any public dispays of our displeasure are severely frowned upon. In fact a recent message sent around from the CDF threatened disciplinary action.
PPRuNe is one of the few ways to vent my anger. "...I've got nowhere else to go..."