Prison for wearing fake medals

[carcinogen]

6 months in prison if you wear fake medals. The govt. are cracking down. It's so fucking good to see our govt. focusing on this important issue. There isn't a fucking day that goes by when I think to myself: "I wish they would do something about people wearing fake medals". Still, it's not all bad news, these pair of fannies will get banged-up. For want of a better word.





https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... oes-medals

[Zambo]

6 months for wearing fake medals, exactly the same as causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs, although you do get a driving ban with that as well

[paolo]

Smacks of Cameron reactionary piss politics

Called stolen valour over here

I'd rather they crack down on the misuse of the word 'hero'

[Petingo]

6 months in prison if you wear fake medals. The govt. are cracking down. It's so fucking good to see our govt. focusing on this important issue. There isn't a fucking day that goes by when I think to myself: "I wish they would do something about people wearing fake medals". Still, it's not all bad news, these pair of fannies will get banged-up. For want of a better word.





https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... oes-medals

Is this an actual thing or a wind up?

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Dwight should be facing six life terms, never mind six months

[birdie]

6 months in prison if you wear fake medals. The govt. are cracking down. It's so fucking good to see our govt. focusing on this important issue. There isn't a fucking day that goes by when I think to myself: "I wish they would do something about people wearing fake medals". Still, it's not all bad news, these pair of fannies will get banged-up. For want of a better word.





https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... oes-medals

Is this an actual thing or a wind up?

I know that there has been some discussions about people parading at the Cenotaph wearing caps and medals which they are not entitled to, there was footage on one of the news channels the other day of a bloke wearing 14 medals to which he wasn't entitled, he was also wearing a cap and badge which he shouldn't have been. Je isn't the only one to have done this but it is very difficult to know who these people are, if a bloke turns up and joins a march how are the genuine ones to know he's a fraud? This may seem trivial to some but let me assure you that it's the most insulting thing that anyone can do to those who have faught and won those medals, also to the son/daughters/grandchildren who wear their deceased fathers/grandfathers awards on the right hand side, those medals were also won in circumstances which most of us cannot even imagine. Some of those medal have been awarded posthously to those who fell in battle so someone pretending they are enttitled to wear a medal is an insult to those fallen also.

As for that picture, it's obviously fancy dress and doesn't add anything to the discussion, it only goes to trivialise something which, to many people, is a very serious subject.
Rant over.

[Petingo]

6 months in prison if you wear fake medals. The govt. are cracking down. It's so fucking good to see our govt. focusing on this important issue. There isn't a fucking day that goes by when I think to myself: "I wish they would do something about people wearing fake medals". Still, it's not all bad news, these pair of fannies will get banged-up. For want of a better word.





https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... oes-medals

Is this an actual thing or a wind up?

I know that there has been some discussions about people parading at the Cenotaph wearing caps and medals which they are not entitled to, there was footage on one of the news channels the other day of a bloke wearing 14 medals to which he wasn't entitled, he was also wearing a cap and badge which he shouldn't have been. Je isn't the only one to have done this but it is very difficult to know who these people are, if a bloke turns up and joins a march how are the genuine ones to know he's a fraud? This may seem trivial to some but let me assure you that it's the most insulting thing that anyone can do to those who have faught and won those medals, also to the son/daughters/grandchildren who wear their deceased fathers/grandfathers awards on the right hand side, those medals were also won in circumstances which most of us cannot even imagine. Some of those medal have been awarded posthously to those who fell in battle so someone pretending they are enttitled to wear a medal is an insult to those fallen also.

As for that picture, it's obviously fancy dress and doesn't add anything to the discussion, it only goes to trivialise something which, to many people, is a very serious subject.
Rant over.

Lighten up, Bird.....it is Friday

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

It's not fancy dress they wear it at home. Dwighty screams for more "pudding" aka a dickydump on his merkin

[birdie]

So you think insulting those who fought in conflict trivial, do you?

[birdie]

It's not fancy dress they wear it at home. Dwighty screams for more "pudding" aka a dickydump on his merkin

People can dress up and play pretend in the confines of their four wall to their hearts content, but to parade at a remembrance parade and pretend you are something you are not is a different matter. I hazard a guess that those who have fought and those you have lost relatives find it very insulting.

[kancutlawns]

That imposter who was on the Man U team photo in Munich many years ago would have damaged the club's reputation and affected share prices and damaged the global economy. Should he have been imprisoned too birdy? His stupidity could have affected interest rates and put people in this country on the streets.

What about Prince Harry when he dressed like a Nazi prison officer? Should he have been jailed for showing disregard for the families of servicemen who fought in the war?

See the thing with your argument is that anyone who offends someone else selectively should face prison which is ludicrous. There needs to be consistency and if you fill the prisons with people who have offended you what about those who have committed actual crimes like murder, rape and armed robbery? Prison in this case seems ridiculous.

[kancutlawns]

So you think insulting those who fought in conflict trivial, do you?

What do you term as "insulting those who fought.."? If someone stands on the street corner heckling and using offensive slogans, that person could be arrested and face charges of disturbing the peace. Is this not enough? I can think of a lot of people who should be arrested for what they say but let's have some level of freedom in society instead of pointing fingers indignantly as someone else and say "throw them in the slammer and shuck the key away!" which is what you seem to be advocating.

[The Tick]

Next cenotaph memorial ceremony, we should get a load of guys wearing Mercedes and Volkswagen logos on chains as medals.

To honour the beastie boys, who fought for our right to party.

[theleader82]

Smacks of Cameron reactionary piss politics

Called stolen valour over here

I'd rather they crack down on the misuse of the word 'hero'

I agree . Soldiers aren't heroes for going out to Iraq and Afghanistan and destabilising those countries . Those wars have achieved nothing . Lots of innocent children died because of British bombs and warfarin . The middle east was peaceful relatively before the west started meddling .

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

What about Prince Harry when he dressed like a Nazi prison officer? Should he have been jailed

Yes

Impersonating a royal

Being ginge

[kancutlawns]

[Ralph]

It's not fancy dress they wear it at home. Dwighty screams for more "pudding" aka a dickydump on his merkin

People can dress up and play pretend in the confines of their four wall to their hearts content, but to parade at a remembrance parade and pretend you are something you are not is a different matter. I hazard a guess that those who have fought and those you have lost relatives find it very insulting.

It's a disgraceful thing to do. But jail? Aren't Walter Mitty types likely to have mental health issues? Not sure what we gain from putting them in jail.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Everyone should be in jail tbf. Humans aren't fit for purpose.

[kancutlawns]

6 months in prison if you wear fake medals. The govt. are cracking down. It's so fucking good to see our govt. focusing on this important issue. There isn't a fucking day that goes by when I think to myself: "I wish they would do something about people wearing fake medals". Still, it's not all bad news, these pair of fannies will get banged-up. For want of a better word.





https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... oes-medals

Every fat queenie fuck loves a sailor.

[birdie]

It's not fancy dress they wear it at home. Dwighty screams for more "pudding" aka a dickydump on his merkin

People can dress up and play pretend in the confines of their four wall to their hearts content, but to parade at a remembrance parade and pretend you are something you are not is a different matter. I hazard a guess that those who have fought and those you have lost relatives find it very insulting.

It's a disgraceful thing to do. But jail? Aren't Walter Mitty types likely to have mental health issues? Not sure what we gain from putting them in jail.

I don't think I said that shoving them in clinck was the right thing to do, I just said that what they do is very insulting to those who have the right to wear them, and yes, they probably do have mental issues, like someone who exagerates their qualifications or awards. MP's are prone to overreaction sometimes, it's a way of getting themselves noticed by their constituents, and that berk Berkow doesn't helf by granting UQ's and emergency debates when even the side that requests the UQ or debate (Labour usually) only has half a dozen members in the Chamber.

[Reg]

it's the most insulting thing that anyone can do to those who have faught and won those medals

No it isn't - and anyway, I doubt they intend it as an insult. If anything they are probably fantasists who want to be like their heroes.

I doubt the dead soldiers would be particularly bothered by it either - they were just normal people, and most normal people don't consider the actions of a few harmless oddballs to be of any great importance.

[Royal24s]

it's the most insulting thing that anyone can do to those who have faught and won those medals

No it isn't - and anyway, I doubt they intend it as an insult. If anything they are probably fantasists who want to be like their heroes.

I doubt the dead soldiers would be particularly bothered by it either - they were just normal people, and most normal people don't consider the actions of a few harmless oddballs to be of any great importance.

That's spot on Reg. I was actually asked about this a while ago in connection with a story and they were dissapointed that they couldn't really get anyone who'd got medals to join in the hysteria. There's a group of tossers on the Internet who spend their time bollocking on about this, but in my humble opinion they're just as big nutters as the people who wear fake medals.
By the way, is that Elton John in the photograph , in which case they're probably real medals awarded for encouraging gay marriage and other great causes .
Anyway, I digress. I don't like it when little tossers disrespect military service and the sacrifice of lives. I don't like it when people blame soldiers for wars as someone did above because you can get shot a bit whatever the rights or wrongs of a particular conflict, and you have no part in deciding those things. I also don't like it when soft people get excited about trivial bollocks about parking on yellow lines and stuff because they're lucky enough not to have seen things that really matter.
All these things can wind me up , but I just can't get motivated about some silly fucker who likes dressing up in strange uniforms , medals, campaign ribbons and insignia that don't even match up. In a strange way it's a mark of respect I think. I'm glad for them that they still regard the whole thing as romantic or exciting.
The respect and love we feel for fallen comrades is something else altogether and so is the revulsion for war, which is indeed revolting in the fullest sense of the word. The respect is not for the tokens handed out as a theatrical compensation for blood and murder, but for those who know and detest the nature of war, yet somehow manage to put that aside and do it anyway because they know that it's sometimes necessary.

Tell you another thing which pisses me off actually, now that we're on the subject, is tosser politicians and journalists trying to exploit a sense of outrage which they're not entitled to for their own benefit in meaningless stunts like this one.

[m4 colin]

it's the most insulting thing that anyone can do to those who have faught and won those medals

No it isn't - and anyway, I doubt they intend it as an insult. If anything they are probably fantasists who want to be like their heroes.

I doubt the dead soldiers would be particularly bothered by it either - they were just normal people, and most normal people don't consider the actions of a few harmless oddballs to be of any great importance.

That's spot on Reg. I was actually asked about this a while ago in connection with a story and they were dissapointed that they couldn't really get anyone who'd got medals to join in the hysteria. There's a group of tossers on the Internet who spend their time bollocking on about this, but in my humble opinion they're just as big nutters as the people who wear fake medals.
By the way, is that Elton John in the photograph , in which case they're probably real medals awarded for encouraging gay marriage and other great causes .
Anyway, I digress. I don't like it when little tossers disrespect military service and the sacrifice of lives. I don't like it when people blame soldiers for wars as someone did above because you can get shot a bit whatever the rights or wrongs of a particular conflict, and you have no part in deciding those things. I also don't like it when soft people get excited about trivial bollocks about parking on yellow lines and stuff because they're lucky enough not to have seen things that really matter.
All these things can wind me up , but I just can't get motivated about some silly fucker who likes dressing up in strange uniforms , medals, campaign ribbons and insignia that don't even match up. In a strange way it's a mark of respect I think. I'm glad for them that they still regard the whole thing as romantic or exciting.
The respect and love we feel for fallen comrades is something else altogether and so is the revulsion for war, which is indeed revolting in the fullest sense of the word. The respect is not for the tokens handed out as a theatrical compensation for blood and murder, but for those who know and detest the nature of war, yet somehow manage to put that aside and do it anyway because they know that it's sometimes necessary.

Tell you another thing which pisses me off actually, now that we're on the subject, is tosser politicians and journalists trying to exploit a sense of outrage which they're not entitled to for their own benefit in meaningless stunts like this one.

What he said.
and I'll add I dont see any point in wasting any police time on this kind of thing
and furthermore it is just ridiculous to waste very short prison places on harmless idiots when real violent criminals walk free

[Petingo]

Everyone should be in jail tbf. Humans aren't fit for purpose.

This is the most sensible post I have ever read on a message board, me.

[carcinogen]

Medals are a tool for rich cunts to keep poor cunts down. Fuck medals. 'Sir' Jimmy Saville pretty much closes the argument for gongs given out. It's all fucking bollocks. Which is fine. I'll have bollocks, just don't take the fucking piss.