The Wittering/Peterborough situation may have been a bit of an over-reaction, and there may be more to it than meets the eye. But it does seem to have focussed the attention of the media on some of the problems that PPRuNers know only too well, problems that include the often unfair and uncaring attitude of some of the public to the armed forces.
Here’s a favourable example, from
The Independent on Sunday - an organ not invariably known for its pro-forces views. The article, by Sarah Sands, is called
The brave wear a uniform, the coward wears a suit, and it’s worth reading in full - but in the meantime, this is the last paragraph.
If we abuse those who would lay down their lives for us, we are not a society at all. I prefer to think that we have been thoughtless rather than cruel. We must visibly honour our armed forces and – anathema to Gordon Brown and David Cameron – we must pay for them and their families. Their blood, our treasure, according to the Covenant.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...it-793361.html
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