Iraqi yob.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co...spat-on-hero-s-medals

What would be an appropriate sentence for this sneering yob?

[sp1814]

Exactly what he got.

[webbo3]

send him back to Iraq to try and earn some medals himself.


Dave.

[Gromit]

I will attempt to defend the indefensible.

The key ommission from this story, was Mr motivation which is not reported in the Mail and Expresses version. He said afterwards

// Abdullah said he had every respect for Britain's war dead but accused Mr House of not earning the medals //

And he has a point. No one should wear someone else's medals. While spitting is a disgusting way to show contempt, pretending to have earned medals which you are not entitled to wear is disgaceful.

Here is the report, with Mr Abdullah's quote, and the claim he was spat at first from the Trotskyist BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk...hampshire/8535472.stm

[Gromit]

The key ommission from this story, was Mr Abdullah's motivation which is not reported in the Mail and Expresses version. He said afterwards.

[LoftyLottie]

Have him hung, drawn and quartered AOG? He received an appropriate punishment for the crime in my opinion.

Lack of respect, yobbish behaviour, and quite despicable even if he felt he had good reason - but doesn't deserve anything more serious as a punishment.

[Gromit]

^ ^ ^ ^

I knew someone would do that No_Knowledge_ lol

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit Always ready to defend such scum.

So according to this Iraqi, "no one should wear someone else's medals" so just spit on them eh?

What right has this bit of scum to personally attack someone who is carrying out a long British tradition of wearing, dead relatives medals at such occasions. Even the military are allowed to add their relatives past medals onto their uniform on certain days.

So his Grandson was not pretending to have earned the medals, as you wrongfully pointed out Gromit.

Incidentally the Left-Wing BBC also forgot to add these passages.

/// Simon Moger, defending, said Abdullah now fully accepted that what he did was not self defence.///

/// The court heard he had previous convictions for shoplifting, failure to comply with a community order, battery and criminal damage.///

[Quinlad]

As a mark of respect, I've just bought a load of medals on ebay.

No-one should forget the efforts of our brave soldiers and the powersellers they leave behind.

[Gromit]

I have never heard of wearing other people's medals and a recent court case seems to indicate it is not acceptable.

// A man who attended a Remembrance Day parade with medals he wasn't awarded has been ordered to do community service for his deception. Veterans call them "Walt medals" - as in the fictional fantasist Walter Mitty - and keep an eye out for unawarded decorations worn at military occasions. //

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../magazine/8454715.stm

Not something you do AOG?

[vulcan]

It doesn't say in the article where Mr House was wearing the medals but according to the British Legion, relatives can wear medals but only on Remembrance day and only on the right breast.

[anotheoldgit]

I knew you would Google this case Gromit.

This was a different matter all together, this crank deceptively wore these medals, that he wasn't entitled to.

/// The act makes wearing any military decoration, badge, wound stripe or emblem without authority a criminal offence.///

Those two words puts it into perspective, "without authority" it seems obvious to me that this chap had asked for permission to wear his Grandfather's medals on Remembrance Day, and in no way tried to deceive anyone.

/// Falklands veteran Chris Purcell, a parade martial with the Royal British Legion in Portsmouth, described Abdullah's actions as 'despicable’.///

If it was illegal for Mr Timothy House to wear the medals, don't you think it would have been picked up by British Legion, or even Magistrate Mr Chittenden?

Try a bit harder next time Gromit.

[youngmafbog]

AOG, you will get no where with alot of the pinkos on thsi site who secretly admire this piece of filth. They convieniently forget their freedom is down to individuals who gave their life for it.

As I understand it this piece of scum has no job and is constantly treating our law with disrespect. What I cant understand is why he is still here. We know where he comes from, he is an undesirable and should be deported.

The likes of this scum only serve to further the cause of groups like the BNP.

[Gromit]

The British Legion cannot give "authority" and it is illegal. The British Legion clearly state that medals should not be worn by persons other than they were awarded to.

// The official position regarding wearing medals other than your own is that they should not be worn. However, it was generally accepted from soon after the Great War that widows of the fallen wore their late husband's medals on the right breast on suitable occasions.

More recently it seems to have become the custom for any family member to wear medals of deceased relations in this way, sometimes trying to give a complete family military history by wearing several groups. Although understandable it is officially incorrect. //

http://www.britishleg...ls/medal-faqs#wearing

[Quinlad]

"AOG, you will get no where with alot of the pinkos on thsi site who secretly admire this piece of filth. They convieniently forget their freedom is down to individuals who gave their life for it."

And down to their family and friends apparently.

[Seadragon]

It's his first for assault as I understand it, so 240 hrs unpaid work and a 12 mths supervision order in my opinion reflects the abhorrent nature of the offence. I find it really appalling when so much disrespect is shown not only to war veterans but family members, like Mr House who is proudly displaying his grandfather's service to this country by wearing his medals.

[anotheoldgit]

Quinlad

Yes freedom is indeed down to, not only the person who risked their own life to defend others, but also the family of these persons.

The Mother and Father who brought this person into the World, the Wife or Husband, that have to carry on without their spouses whilst they are away, and the Brothers and Sisters who also carry the worry and anxiety while their siblings are away.

Yes all these are equally deserving of our respect and gratitude.

Little of either you seem to have.



And down to their family and friends apparently.

Although friends haven't been mentioned, family

[anotheoldgit]

/// And down to their family and friends apparently.///

/// Although friends haven't been mentioned, family ///

Sorry got left behind in the editing.