miked10270 0 #51 February 23, 2007 Of course, it can be argued that Harry is simply following family tradition since his father was a Major in The Guards, wasn't he? As for the SAS catching RPGs with their teeth, my understanding was that they rendered the warheads useless by pissing on them as they came in. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #52 February 23, 2007 There was a column in one of the Canadian national newspapers this morning claiming that Harry would serve his men better by not going to Iraq. The reasoning went along the lines of: his men will be more pre-occupied with ensuring that their royal leader doesn't get kidnapped/taken hostage or getting killed and that he is actually putting his men in more danger that way (since he would be presumed a target). I guess there is some vailidty to that, but I don't think it should prevent him from serving his duty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #53 February 23, 2007 QuoteOf course, it can be argued that Harry is simply following family tradition since his father was a Major in The Guards, wasn't he? As for the SAS catching RPGs with their teeth, my understanding was that they rendered the warheads useless by pissing on them as they came in. Mike. Can't the SAS deflect warheads just by looking at them?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #54 February 23, 2007 Quote... Harry would serve his men better by not going to Iraq... (since he would be presumed a target). That kind of fits in with my own thinking on this. The greatest source of danger to Harry and his troops would seem to have arisen out of the media frenzy about his going. Had he just gone without any publicity, then he would have just been another junior officer. Thanks to statements in Parliament and all the reporting, it's like we're saying "Look what we're exposing" In Chess terms (appropriate for the region), it's like advancing your King to the middle of the board. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #55 February 23, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteYou'll have to forgive us for having traditions. Tea time is a tradition. Royalty is silly. Sorry, that's just my opinion. If you want to honor someone for their blood line, have at it. No more silly than making common actors into Royalty. Or treating some slapper who banged an old man till he croaked then pretended to be Marilyn Monroe until she OD'ed like a goddess. Have they finished fighting over her corpse over there yet? At least actors did something for their noteriety other than being born. Royality is silly and outdated. Accept it and move on. Or kiss my "royal" ass.If royalty is so obviously 'silly and outdated', why hasn't it been abolished yet? Or could it be that there are actually good reasons for their persistence? The monarchy was abolished in 1649, but restored in 1660.Yep, because the resulting republic turned out to be a military dictatorship. Under monarchy the British Isles (later the UK) turned out to be the most stable country in Europe.Quote Many countries have abolished their monarchies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolished_monarchy Monarchies abolished in the 20th century [big long list of countries]What does that have to do with Britain? (and surely that list is simply more proof that British monarchy is significantly better than a lot of others) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #56 February 23, 2007 Thanks Mike, thats must have been in their "takin the piss" courses Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #57 February 23, 2007 QuoteQuoteOf course, it can be argued that Harry is simply following family tradition since his father was a Major in The Guards, wasn't he? As for the SAS catching RPGs with their teeth, my understanding was that they rendered the warheads useless by pissing on them as they came in. Mike. Can't the SAS deflect warheads just by looking at them?They're harder than that, they catch them in mid-air between their muscular buttocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
