Today the Telegraph picks up on the story about the shameful treatment some wounded British veterans received at a public swimming pool at the hands of some very nasty civilians. The Daily Mail covered it on Friday. The Telegraph story has an additional detail, however.
Injured soldiers who lost their limbs fighting for their country have been driven from a swimming pool training session by jeering members of the public.
The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were taking part in a rehabilitation session at a leisure centre, when two women demanded they be removed from the pool. They claimed that the soldiers "hadn't paid" and might scare the children.
The incident has sparked widespread condemnation. Adml Lord Boyce, a former head of the Armed Forces, said last night the women should be "named and shamed"……
…..It is not the first time that Headley Court neighbours have been accused of poor behaviour.
There was uproar earlier this year after residents objected to planning permission to convert a home into a six-suite hostel for injured soldiers' families to stay in. The local council later approved the building work.
It isn't an isolated incident, then. It is a pattern that has existed for some time in that town. It would not be at all surprising if the same people were involved.
If this happened in America, we might have a Third Amendment suit. Hey where’s the outrage over property rights? Or is that applied selectively?
Re: JPE
One: This town is not in America.
Two: This is not an incident of seizing property for use of the military (Third Amendment). As I understand it, the property is leased from the owners.
Three: The individuals involved in the incident at the pool seem to be more upset that there are “soldiers” (euro-speak for mercenary scum) in “their water.
Maroons.