Mark Wadsworth: It's not clear to me why he's in trouble for this

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Full story (from BBC) further background and general discussion over at ARRSE.

Bayard said...: I think because it makes him look like a wuss and a mummy's boy and that doesn't reflect well on the army. Initially I thought it would be some anti-exploitation bullshit, but it seems not.; 6 April 2011 at 20:44
Anonymous said...: Because from this picture you cannot see where he 'shoved' his rifle, 500 rounds of ammunition and three RPG grenades!; 7 April 2011 at 09:48
Mark Wadsworth said...: B, oh, she is being exploited by the system, but that's down to the crap economic policies of Philipines, Malaysia and Thailand and the superior one in Singapore.

Anon, I take it they leave those at the barracks. That kit bag is just his lap top, spare clothes, cuddly toys etc.; 7 April 2011 at 13:35
Bayard said...: M, only to the extent that we are all "exploited by the system". There was no work at home in the Phillipines, so she gets a job that is poorly paid (by our standards) in Singapore. The only difference from a unemployed person from Barnsley, say, travelling to London to get a poorly paid job (by London standards) is that the Barnsleyite wouldn't starve if they remained in Barnsley.; 7 April 2011 at 21:12

Wednesday, 6 April 2011