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Old 8th Sep 2016, 09:17
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Tankertrashnav
 
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P-N - I agree, with all the other sources you mention potential baddies have all the info they need without having to refer to a simple list of names. If they can check my internet usage, for example, they will find I am addicted to porn (of the aviation and railway variety )

I've read Warmtoast's link and I'm not sure that I think criminalising Walt medal wearers is the way to go. Scorn and contempt, yes, but I dont think we need more laws - the blokes that are using a fabricated service career to faciliate fraud are already committing an offence, but I dont think jail is the place for the sad characters who just want to strut around on Remembrance Day parades etc. I understand the Americans have their Stolen Valor laws, but do we want to follow in their footsteps? In the US the military have gone from being objects of contempt back in the 60s to the present state of affairs where a pay clerk at Fort Hicksville, Idaho is treated as a war hero.

Nutloose - do they include Prince Phillip, Prince William, Prince Harry or Prince Andrew in their category?
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