The British Soldier

[pogbody]

Reading of recent reports of Soldiers newly back from Afghanistan being banned from pubs and/or other venues, I was reminded of a certain Rudyard Kipling Poem, originally published in 1890 - which goes to prove that certain attitudes transcend centuries

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[idaho_smith]

Oh bloody hell. I'd heard about radicalised muslims hassling the homecoming parades and at least one horror story about a wounded trooper being attacked in an NHS Hospital, but I hadn't heard they've been blanket banned.

Is this a bit of anti-war self-righteousness on the part of the venue management, or had the squaddies been misbehaving and trashing the joint?

I hope this cheers you up, rather makes you think I'm being flippant.
Lord of the Rings, by Rudyard Kipling

I went round to an elven inn, to buy a glass o' beer
The owner looked at me long-nosed, "We don't serve your kind here"
The elf maids giggled fit to die, pointing out my height
But I swim in booze whenever there is Evil in the Night.

Yes it's Gimli this and Gimli that
And go away you brute
But its To the Front, our faithful friend
When the bows begin to shoot.....

[pogbody]

There wasn't much detail in the article, but I think they had just wandered in and were told to leave. The manager was not clear about what he was protecting his patrons from by banning them...!