I completey omitted my point after I got ranting. I understand what you are saying, people like to thank military people because being in the military is seen as a noble thing to do but I only believe this is the case depending on the reason why a person joined in the first place. Risking your life for Queen and country is noble and takes a lot of guts and these people do deserve more praise than we can give but there are other people who join for completely selfish reasons and I'm not sure they deserve the same honour. 1 in 10 prison inmates in the UK are ex-servicemen, an arguement could be made that being sent to war changed them and once they left the military they entered a life of crime because they could not fit back into civilian life, I think this is bullshit and the majority would have ended up in prison regardless of whether they joined the armed forces or not because joining the armed forces has not automatically made them better people, they are still the same school drop-outs who used to bully people, take drugs and get into trouble with the police.
I hate it when people thank me for my service.
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I completey omitted my point after I got ranting. I understand what you are saying, people like to thank military people because being in the military is seen as a noble thing to do but I only believe this is the case depending on the reason why a person joined in the first place. Risking your life for Queen and country is noble and takes a lot of guts and these people do deserve more praise than we can give but there are other people who join for completely selfish reasons and I'm not sure they deserve the same honour. 1 in 10 prison inmates in the UK are ex-servicemen, an arguement could be made that being sent to war changed them and once they left the military they entered a life of crime because they could not fit back into civilian life, I think this is bullshit and the majority would have ended up in prison regardless of whether they joined the armed forces or not because joining the armed forces has not automatically made them better people, they are still the same school drop-outs who used to bully people, take drugs and get into trouble with the police.