Royal Navy Cowardly?

ABBAFAN · 02-13-09, 11:07 PM

Is today's Royal NNavy an ipod worshipping coward gang?

A Very Super Market · 02-13-09, 11:10 PM

I would vote, but I would like to know what provoked you to start this poll.

ABBAFAN · 02-13-09, 11:13 PM

weariness at having the company I work for's efforts wasted by this yob' let's break all the bars in Hampshire' gang.

A Very Super Market · 02-13-09, 11:22 PM

Hmm.. well, I guess the RN really hasn't had any recent combat operation. That'll make any military organization soft. When was the last? Falklands? The current anti-pirate stuff is more like weekend hunting than "combat'

Etienne · 02-13-09, 11:23 PM

Just when I thought the internet couldn't surprise me anymore...

...something like this shows up.

Abbafan, can you explain? I'm WTF'ing like crazy here; my brain might blue screen of death on me.

ABBAFAN · 02-14-09, 12:00 AM

Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really.

A Very Super Market · 02-14-09, 12:05 AM

I think that's is only a side effect of having strong young people, with nothing better to do, and usually drunk... That isn't honorable, but it's not like this hasn't happened before. Sailors are a rowdy bunch.

As for the HMS Cornwall, it's a side effect of international politics, and Iran being a arse, the UK not willing to start a war, nor the US, and I don't see any reason to blame the RN for it.

XabbaRus · 02-14-09, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really.

Really I haven't heard much about the Navy and sailors since then.

This poll is pointless so I'm not voting in it.

Aramike · 02-14-09, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really.

Really I haven't heard much about the Navy and sailors since then.

This poll is pointless so I'm not voting in it.

Ditto.

Jimbuna · 02-14-09, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really.

Really I haven't heard much about the Navy and sailors since then.

This poll is pointless so I'm not voting in it.

Agreed

Jimbuna · 02-14-09, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN

Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really.

Really I haven't heard much about the Navy and sailors since then.

This poll is pointless so I'm not voting in it.

Agreed

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A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I would vote, but I would like to know what provoked you to start this poll. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

02-13-09, 11:13 PM	#3
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	weariness at having the company I work for's efforts wasted by this yob' let's break all the bars in Hampshire' gang. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

02-13-09, 11:22 PM	#4
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm.. well, I guess the RN really hasn't had any recent combat operation. That'll make any military organization soft. When was the last? Falklands? The current anti-pirate stuff is more like weekend hunting than "combat' __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

02-13-09, 11:23 PM	#5
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just when I thought the internet couldn't surprise me anymore... ...something like this shows up. Abbafan, can you explain? I'm WTF'ing like crazy here; my brain might blue screen of death on me.

02-14-09, 12:00 AM	#6
ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well all one heres about these days is embarrasing 'H.M.S Cornwall' incidents, and RN personnel ganging up on people in towns and battering them at cash points for their money. So depressing really. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

02-14-09, 12:05 AM	#7
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think that's is only a side effect of having strong young people, with nothing better to do, and usually drunk... That isn't honorable, but it's not like this hasn't happened before. Sailors are a rowdy bunch. As for the HMS Cornwall, it's a side effect of international politics, and Iran being a arse, the UK not willing to start a war, nor the US, and I don't see any reason to blame the RN for it. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!