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Article #3504Re: Chokos vs Regs
From: Peter
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:16
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:16
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In article <3f731570$0$28119$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, icentral@optusnet.com.au says... > > LOL! It's *exactly* my point. I wasn't any sort of hero. My role in the > > defence of the nation was minimal in the extreme. QUR was more of a social > > club than any sort of military unit. That was 20 years ago and I don't try > > to present myself as a soldier now. > > Agreed > > > Nevertheless, I was a soldier and a member of the Australian Army. > > Agreed - But in hindsight - couldn't you have kept it to yourself if you > believed it was so "minimal in the extreme" ? I did. But in various debates over the years, often on the subject of firearms in aus.politics, I felt moved to comment when others demonstrated that their knowledge of firearms and military tactics was minimal. Naturally people asked about my background. As ever, I told the truth.
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