thanks for the reply spock I appreciate it immensely. I was trying to refer to Vietnam " its only my opinion but out of respect I believe that having never fought there, or experienced what was going on for the you buys, I don't, and will never earn the right to call it Nam so I wont. it will always be Vietnam from me out of a healthy respect., its not a Brit stuff upper lip thing by having to make a point of its correct name the correct name is NAM if you have earned the right to call it that as you chaps clearly have
. Having done a little bit of reading on that particular conflict and acknowledging that all of us genuinely think whatever our conflicts we have fought in every one else has potentially had it harder than we did. Again I believe this forum is build of very robust individuals and all opinions and comments are made out of a healthy respect to just look after and help any one we can the best way we can. I personally feel and it is only my opinion but boys in Vietnam had it far rougher than me. to be fair though I had plenty a near miss, with my chocolate starfish absolutely shitting its self. Allowing my own mind to acknowledge just how big your shit sand which rightly or wrongly helped me to take my shit sand and make it slightly more edible. whether I am right or wrong this method has allowed me to ever so slightly begin to be more positive focused at work and generally not be such a moody f*cker to my wife. I have been a complete ass hole to those nearest to me just because I can. speaking to some of the Vietnam vets has really helped begin to focus. I am by no means fixed but I have gone from not getting out of bed crying that I don't want to work on my own as I feel lonely to at least getting up and feeling slightly good about my self. I may have used the Vietnam vets to put my life into a little more perspective by having it in my head there were running round the jungle day in day out never knowing if they would finish the patrol and get back to camp safely. I had a f*cking shit time in Iraq and I think in the six months I was there we had a couple of fire fights that mate my ass gulp on more than one occasion. I think the boys in Vietnam ass twitched that much that their ass muscles were probably capable of digging a fox hole with it. I am totally in ore and in full respect of any man and woman that has served there country. I think the service men and women in Vietnam was probably the last time regardless of politics that the boots on the ground fought with honour valour and with respect since WWII. so you compare the boys in Vietnam to my shitty Northern Ireland where there were no suicide bombers just a few shots fired and petrol bombs with similar shit in Kosovo and Iraq well we all know what that is like. I am sorry to say that I still believe the vets had it harder and as long as decide that keep going down that route rightly of wrongly I will continue to do it with an open mind. I am trying my best to be open and honest because if you bullshit people, 1st and foremost you get kicked out for being a nob but secondly because you full of shit you don't get the support you need. I am struggling to get my points across at the moment and I can understand the cock fight comment. That is genuinely just me not being articulate enough and for that I am sorry.
Thanks to Viking and spock for gently trying to make a subtle point. but more importantly thank you to andlesache for genuinely picking up on what I was actually trying to say.
