[Crimson Dynamo]

Should the death of a UK soldier always be a lead news item?

[Beastie]

Yes

[bananarama]

Yes........Is their really any need to elaborate!!!!!!!!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bananarama

Yes........Is their really any need to elaborate!!!!!!!!

yes

can you say why, bearing in mind that soldiers fight in wars and have a tendency to die?

why would that be any more news than a car accident where a nurse died?

[arista]

Sadly Yes.

[Patrick]

No FFS
They die all the time anyway.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Patrick

No FFS
They die all the time anyway.

My god and you wonder why I keep insulting you every time you post.

On to the subject at hand, I believe that the death of a soldier should be publicised, It allows people to pay their respects and allows the soldiers that die to be remembered as heroes. These people die for us, it's the very least we can do really.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

My god and you wonder why I keep insulting you every time you post.

No I dont wonder, I know your a ****ing idiot who seems to love Insulting people thats why you insult me 24/7.


They do die all the time its like..

'The death of a british soilder in Iraq.. Peter Dickons was shot dead today and- oh look another death just occured!'

Seriously its boring, they put themselfs out there of course they will die.
Its not much of a surprise.

[*mazedsalv**]

Yes because this war is a vital part of the last few years.
Also, I dont get why a celebrity dying should be any different to any human dying. I hate it when they report a celebrity as breaking news, talk about it for 25 minutes of a 30 minute news programme with the rest of the 5 minite sbeing other storiers inlucing other people that have died (who arent famous).

Not to be harsh, MJ was a legend and everything, but during the whole fortnight after his death, there was literally no other news that was reported.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Patrick

No I dont wonder, I know your a ****ing idiot who seems to love Insulting people thats why you insult me 24/7.


They do die all the time its like..

'The death of a british soilder in Iraq.. Peter Dickons was shot dead today and- oh look another death just occured!'

Seriously its boring, they put themselfs out there of course they will die.
Its not much of a surprise.

I only love insulting ignorance so you're like a *****ing goldmine to me. It's hilarious that you brand me the idiot when you've never actually managed to shoot down any of my points ever in an argument.

You're so unbelievable ignorant and stupid it actually amazes me, First the stuff about Haiti and then this do you have no compassion? It is a war and people do die but they report it out of respect so that these people's sacrifices don't go unnoticed. It's called being a decent human being....Something you know nothing about.

[Harry!]

If this happened prior 9/11 then there would of been outrage of a reporting of a dead soilder in war. Take for example the Vietnam War and the death toll count which was reported to the US civilans. There was a outrage of the reportings of the dead at war.

I think they should be allowed to replort deaths of people at war but only on certain conditions they shouldn't.

[InOne]

It's not always lead, but is always reported and that.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by Patrick

No I dont wonder, I know your a ****ing idiot who seems to love Insulting people thats why you insult me 24/7.


They do die all the time its like..

'The death of a british soilder in Iraq.. Peter Dickons was shot dead today and- oh look another death just occured!'

Seriously its boring, they put themselfs out there of course they will die.
Its not much of a surprise.

Your'e boring - as well as being a grade A idiot!

[ILoveTRW]

err no, the news would become boring

it would be the same story every day but with different names

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Recylopse

If this happened prior 9/11 then there would of been outrage of a reporting of a dead soilder in war. Take for example the Vietnam War and the death toll count which was reported to the US civilans. There was a outrage of the reportings of the dead at war.

I think they should be allowed to replort deaths of people at war but only on certain conditions they shouldn't.

the reason why they didnt report the death toll of the vietnam war was because they were trying to make americans believe that they were winner the war

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

Your'e boring - as well as being a grade A idiot!

And your a fucking bellend.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I only love insulting ignorance so you're like a *****ing goldmine to me. It's hilarious that you brand me the idiot when you've never actually managed to shoot down any of my points ever in an argument.

You're so unbelievable ignorant and stupid it actually amazes me, First the stuff about Haiti and then this do you have no compassion? It is a war and people do die but they report it out of respect so that these people's sacrifices don't go unnoticed. It's called being a decent human being....Something you know nothing about.

So if someone were to die now, right now on there way to a shop..
I ****ing doubt it would be on the news, for respect.


No death ****ing goes unoticed if you have family and friends that care about you, of course they notice.

So when we all die then we should all have our deaths heared on the news incase anyone cares?

Well I dont care about half the deaths I see on the news tbh its the same old same old now.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Patrick

And your a fucking bellend.

Gosh Patrick! Calm down. Are you allright?

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by Patrick

And your a fucking bellend.

You will never be worthy of any respect - because you have absolutely no sense whatsoever!

[30stone]

I usually try to stick up for you patrick because some people are sometimes unnecessarily harsh to you and forget your age, but the statements and insults you have made in this thread are absolutely ridiculous, and id advise you to stop before i ban you.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by ILoveDC

the reason why they didnt report the death toll of the vietnam war was because they were trying to make americans believe that they were winner the war

In the latter stages of the Vietnam War nightly casualty figures were broadcast on most major US news programmes, it was this and the fact the anti war movement had a much better publicity campaign than the Government that helped to remove popular support for the war. Remember this was in the late 60's - flower power, peace and love to all.

Without commenting on the moral aspects of the war, the US governments position was undermined by the people and as such this lead to reversing the stategy of the war, in fact the US had the upper hand militarily and by losing populist support eventually ended up engaging in what turned out to be a fighting withdrawal.

The USSR had a similar problem with their little outinginto Afghanistan in the 80's.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Should the death of a UK soldier always be a lead news item?

Definitely! It is a sign of respect and appreciation for their sacrifice - not only for them but for their families as well!

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Patrick

No FFS
They die all the time anyway.

You absolute nob.

They don't die all the time. FYI hundreds of thousands have gone out since 2003 and a handful have died.

And I think they should generally lead the news most of the time but it obviously depends on the days other events.

[teamandre]

yes it should be there out there fighthing for stuipd reasons really but dont say anything they should at least get a bit of respect from people i mean what if they have children

[Crimson Dynamo]

But why should it be lead news. If it is a regular occurrence during war, why is it news?