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Who would lie about military service?

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Yes. They didn't serve in the forces, yet claimed that they did. Have a read of the link. (y)

I have read the link.

It says nothing about Jonathan Carley falsely claiming that he served in the armed forces.

He'd never been a Rear Admiral. He didn't win those medals.

But nothing to suggest he'd not actually been in the forces. In fact, at the time, it wouldn't have been unreasonable to wonder if he had, and that was where he learned how to convincingly stand at attention, march, and salute.

One could even concoct a theory that he had been in the Navy, but had left without reaching what he thought should have been his potential and that this was him acting out his fantasy. It would be a credible motive.

But on what did you base
They didn't serve in the forces, yet claimed that they did.
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I sometimes wonder if I have stumbled into a primary school playground - you are all adults ?
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I sometimes wonder if I have stumbled into a primary school playground - you are all adults ?

Indeed.

It would be so mich much better if people posted with intelligence, rationality, and maturity, wouldn't it.

the far left just relentlessly goad, sad hecklers from the back spouting out their woke-ish politically correct crap.

ableism is not on your list of virtues, so can we take it you don't care about disabled people - disgusting

are you some sort of web bot, or a returning member who was either banned or needed to reinvent themselves as their last character was shown to be a prize one plonker ?

people are allowed different views, different views and opinions are healthy and welcome ,- on the other hand Morq Knave etc, they are just trolls, not worth conversing with, put them on ignore.
 
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I'd remind like to remind everyone of the context:







Given that merchant seamen could in effect be conscripted, given that they went to sea and became targets of the German armed forces, and served on ships under Royal Navy direction, given that Royal Navy could move them to any ship, give them Royal Navy training, and use their services under the white ensign, I think it's a pretty fine distinction to say that they weren't undergoing military service.

But even if you do, for some reason, want to make their technical civilian status a matter of great significance, think about the context of a war in which 36,749 merchant seamen were lost to enemy action, 5,720 were taken prisoner and 4,707 were wounded.

And in that context, motorbiking describing the Merchant Navy as this

"Merchant Navy (n) "

and characterising the organisation as this:

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was disgusting.
This is the modern "Merchant Navy". There is nothing disgusting about civilians qualified to work at sea in a commercial capacity.

Nobody is questioning the role of people during World wars. But it suits your dishonest narrative to pretend otherwise.
 
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