Ord_Sgt
RIP
Your attempt at an informed and intelligent reply is to be lauded. But sadly again it misses the point. But as itâs a slow day at work Iâll help you out.
Really! The way you go on about all your Special Forces, Korean war and decorations and awards I thought you at least had the MoH or Silver Star!! We really couldnât care less and donât want to hear how you saved the free world. If someone wants to know about your service they will ask. The only exceptions are if its a funny story or an anecdote that is relevant to the thread.
Well we are not American, surely youâve heard the expression âwhen in Romeâ? You have no 'right' to know anything about anyone but for some reason feel we need to inform you of our service etc. If you want to know what expertise a person has or if their view should be considered or discarded either ask them a direct question or go and read back some of their previous posts. Then you can form a considered opinion on whether that person is full of it or bothers to engage intelligently on the subject. Prevents you from making yourself look like an idiot when you say something which turns out to be wrong because you failed to look beyond the surface, weâll get back to that in a minute.
In some cases this would be true but generally as Iâve said we donât brag about our service. Considering you've been around here about a year and made over 1500 posts you don't seem to pick things up very quickly.
I know about 4 posters on here in real life but in fact take the time to read what someone says and then based on what I read I place them on the worth listening to, has a few good ideas, funny or ********. Itâs all about gathering information then making an informed choice â this is where you seem to fall down all the time.
While there are some anti types around here donât make the mistake of taking criticism as anti Americanism. Thereâs quite a few spams who fit right in here such as Tankies Yank, Chief Joseph and California Tanker for example, who have taken the time to engage in an intelligent way. And considering you are about 50 years older than CJ I would have expected you to be a little bit better informed and able to interact with others without putting everybodies back up all the time.
Coming back to the bit about you failing to inform yourself and so calling me Anti American you would have done well to go back and read some of my previous posts and you would have seen this:
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/p=1034018.html#1034018
And just as an aside here is you doing exactly what you complained about earlier â because they werenât a General that their opinion on one is not worth listening to. But you seem to know better than a former 4 star general but werenât you only a Cpl?
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/p=1067397.html#1067397
So in summary, read before you post, try and be a little more polite and look up a sense of humo(u)r, you donât seem to understand what it is, helps a lot round these parts. And remember I didn't form this view of you overnight - I didn't get up one day and think today I'm going to have a go at Trip Wire. I formed it based on your posts over a period of time. So think about it and learn from it. Or you could just come back with some borish rant about how great you are and how stupid I am....
As I have said it is not your nationality that marks you out for attention its your attitude. If you were English Iâd still be saying the same things, if you behave like an uninformed petulant teenager expect to get treated like one.
Chin Chin or should that be have a nice dayâ¦.
Me a hero? No way! I just did my job as a Combat Infantrymen. I'm just a War Veteran as well, as a veteran of Infantry Combat, in the Korean war. The real heros didn't come home or if they did, it was in a casket.
The only decorations that I got worth mentioning, was the Purple heart and the combat Infantry badge. Of the two, the CIB means the most to me.
Really! The way you go on about all your Special Forces, Korean war and decorations and awards I thought you at least had the MoH or Silver Star!! We really couldnât care less and donât want to hear how you saved the free world. If someone wants to know about your service they will ask. The only exceptions are if its a funny story or an anecdote that is relevant to the thread.
I have said this before, we americans treat the profile, as a place to sort of give a person an idea of the experience and military background of the individual, so that one can determine ones background and expertise in the subjects he/she is discussing. No brags involved.
Well we are not American, surely youâve heard the expression âwhen in Romeâ? You have no 'right' to know anything about anyone but for some reason feel we need to inform you of our service etc. If you want to know what expertise a person has or if their view should be considered or discarded either ask them a direct question or go and read back some of their previous posts. Then you can form a considered opinion on whether that person is full of it or bothers to engage intelligently on the subject. Prevents you from making yourself look like an idiot when you say something which turns out to be wrong because you failed to look beyond the surface, weâll get back to that in a minute.
I know that this isn't done here for some say OPSEC; however, IMHO one could provide some data in the profile without giving away to much.
In some cases this would be true but generally as Iâve said we donât brag about our service. Considering you've been around here about a year and made over 1500 posts you don't seem to pick things up very quickly.
One advantage you Brits have, is that many of you know each other, as well as some of the details about the individual in question. They in many case know if one is a combat veteran, One who served, with no combat experience, (Cold War Warrior.) The type of job or Regiment, Civilians who have never served, etc. On occasion, you even meet for Pub crawls, etc.
I know about 4 posters on here in real life but in fact take the time to read what someone says and then based on what I read I place them on the worth listening to, has a few good ideas, funny or ********. Itâs all about gathering information then making an informed choice â this is where you seem to fall down all the time.
We Americans don't have this luxury. The only thing we 'get' rather rapidly, are those posters that are ant-american and never miss a chance to nit-pick anything an American posts here and attack them with rude crude personal remarks. Then you wonder why we respond in kind.
While there are some anti types around here donât make the mistake of taking criticism as anti Americanism. Thereâs quite a few spams who fit right in here such as Tankies Yank, Chief Joseph and California Tanker for example, who have taken the time to engage in an intelligent way. And considering you are about 50 years older than CJ I would have expected you to be a little bit better informed and able to interact with others without putting everybodies back up all the time.
It for the most well known to many Americans here, who will do this any chance they get. I could give you the list, but you are quite aware of who does that since, you are one of them.
Coming back to the bit about you failing to inform yourself and so calling me Anti American you would have done well to go back and read some of my previous posts and you would have seen this:
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/p=1034018.html#1034018
And just as an aside here is you doing exactly what you complained about earlier â because they werenât a General that their opinion on one is not worth listening to. But you seem to know better than a former 4 star general but werenât you only a Cpl?
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/p=1067397.html#1067397
So in summary, read before you post, try and be a little more polite and look up a sense of humo(u)r, you donât seem to understand what it is, helps a lot round these parts. And remember I didn't form this view of you overnight - I didn't get up one day and think today I'm going to have a go at Trip Wire. I formed it based on your posts over a period of time. So think about it and learn from it. Or you could just come back with some borish rant about how great you are and how stupid I am....
As I have said it is not your nationality that marks you out for attention its your attitude. If you were English Iâd still be saying the same things, if you behave like an uninformed petulant teenager expect to get treated like one.
Chin Chin or should that be have a nice dayâ¦.