Admin Team Sir Penguin 648 Posted June 17, 2015 Admin Team Share Posted June 17, 2015 This popped up on my Facebook page earlier, so I shall leave it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseyLLB 8,426 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Blood boiling. i have nothing constructive to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth 44 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Likewise. I think if I say what's on my mind I'll get banned or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempo + 69 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Agreed. Upon seeing this video earlier when Sir Penguin first posted I didnt even know what to write in response, because you just cant really respond to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milankovitch + 3,445 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I've had something very similar happen to me whilst wearing a poppy pin badge at a football match, ended up in one person being arrested for a breach with a couple more walking a very fine line indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoppedreality + 279 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Why are you filming using an Apple* smartphone? do you have an opinion on Apple's use of slave labour? Surely, by letting everyone know you're using an Apple Smartphone, you support the practice of slave labour... I personally wear a H4H band on duty, and have a "Police" H4H pin on my vest. I support the rehabilitative work carried out by the charity, it is not a statement on the rights or wrongs on wars carried out by our forces. *Other brands are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiteSpecial 10 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The obvious answer is that H4H supports soldiers as people, not as part of a political agenda. I'm sure Mr Choudary would come up with an answer to that, so perhaps the officer went about it the right way by not engaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorDisaster + 579 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I can think of at least one force (though not my local one) where the 'custom' is for ex-Service coppers to wear a medal ribbon bar on their stab vest*. I wonder what this gentleman would say/do if he encountered a copper with some serious campaign service? *no opinion is offered as to the rights or wrongs of such adornments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze Turkey 19 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Blood boiling. i have nothing constructive to say. Likewise. I think if I say what's on my mind I'll get banned or something. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockney_Doris 29 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I can think of at least one force (though not my local one) where the 'custom' is for ex-Service coppers to wear a medal ribbon bar on their stab vest*. I wonder what this gentleman would say/do if he encountered a copper with some serious campaign service? *no opinion is offered as to the rights or wrongs of such adornments A lot of my ex forces colleagues wear a badge indicating their old regiment. But it's not very conspicuous, unlike the H4H wristband. I don't like wearing wristbands so I have a H4H/COPS pin badge but i'm now thinking of buying a wristband. How dare this jobless, bigoted layabout tell us how we should look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotLass + 638 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Very well handled by the officer, that could have gone a lot worse. What made my blood boil was the part after he walked away - "he's got no opinion... you don't need to be intelligent to be an officer" - no mate, he's just intelligent enough to know that engaging with you is totally worthless. Personally I will not wear something on duty that marks me out like that because you will get the occasional person that takes issue with it, but each to their own and I'm not saying that people shouldn't do it if they want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket + 6,403 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Why did he remove the wristband? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radman + 2,165 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The man is a cretin in my eyes. No way would I have removed any badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growley + 2,436 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 In fairness, I can see the pressure to remove it. Not because of the idiots challenging it, but because I wouldn't have confidence in the job standing behind the officer, and instead would worry about being dragged in for a meeting without tea or biscuits. That being said, and I say this knowing that we all have the benefit of hindsight, I do wish he had explained why he is supporting help for heroes. It's nothing to do with Government agendas, and everything to do with supporting injured troops when they come home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderators MindTheGap 1,275 Posted June 18, 2015 Global Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2015 In fairness, I can see the pressure to remove it. Not because of the idiots challenging it, but because I wouldn't have confidence in the job standing behind the officer, and instead would worry about being dragged in for a meeting without tea or biscuits. That being said, and I say this knowing that we all have the benefit of hindsight, I do wish he had explained why he is supporting help for heroes. It's nothing to do with Government agendas, and everything to do with supporting injured troops when they come home. Why explain that though? Chowdary knows what it's about, and he'd not listen if it was explained - he wants that to be said so he can chime in with the '...killed thousands of innocent women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan' and begin his argument. By just saying it's not relevant you're closing the argument down before it can begin, which causes Chowdary to fire all his rounds off blind and walk away. If you explain the truth behind it you get nowhere and allow him to come out with more rubbish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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