Hi Dennis. I was lasered many times as a Police pilot over Liverpool, both red and green. The green ones were the brightest of the two.
My personal view was that they were an annoyance rather than a danger. It was never a straight blast of light into the cockpit, you always saw it waving around as the scrote tried to get it on the aircraft, so avoided looking at it. I was certainly never in danger of losing control.
Obviously, others will have different opinions.