Yep, nothing like supporting the troops. Just as long as they don't have to see busted up soldiers that might scare their kids.

They ought to publish the names of the people that were jeering at the wounded. A nice punishment would be some community time at the local military hospital. Let them take care of some of the wounded face to face.

I feel shamed by these senceless idiots.

MonKey

It is disgraceful that people go that far. I think they should be named and shamed and made to publicly apologise.

Yeah, they might scare the children...into something called REALITY.

The article gives no indication of how common incidents like this are in the U.K. I hope they are rare.There are always a few idiots wherever you go. The servicemen should have ignored the protests and kept on swimming.

I personally am opposed to the war, but I'm certainly not opposed to those who risk their lives to serve in it. I just want to bring them home.

I think (and hope) most opponents of the war feel the same way,

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[edit on 27-11-2007 by Sestias]

If something like this ever happened in my presence, I would likely be arrested... I would have taken physical action against those women.

WOW.

And I only wish I could have met my English grandfather who was injured in WWI, as well as my Canadian grandfather who was in WWII.

What are they thinking? Like "Geez get those freaks away from me! I don't care if they're veterans, I don't care if they've suffered the loss of limbs... I just don't want to look at them... and I paid... and they're freaking out the kids..."?? What?? I don't understand.

In my life (I'm now 22), I've seen people with limbs amputated, and it didn't traumatize or scare me (and I'm pretty sensitive). The things those veterans have experienced and seen - THAT has to be scary.

I just... I can't believe how disrespectful this is.

MIGHT SCARE THE CHILDREN........ WTF

I can't imagine how anyone could treat a vet like this after being injured in the service of their country. I work hard to support our troops currently serving and if I had witnessed such a cruel act I would have run these women out of the pool faster than you could blink an eye.

Shame on them.



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They should be flogged and have their heads shaven in public. How dare they!