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You are being silly and pointless. Is it not the role of the armed forces minster to comment on veterans affairs? Are these comparable - Is asset seizure a par
by SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
You are being silly and pointless. Is it not the role of the armed forces minster to comment on veterans affairs? Are these comparable - Is asset seizure a particular problem among veterans, as suicide definitely is? If not, what are you trying to say?
- drstewart 5y agoSo it would be okay if the Minister of the armed forces said such a thing about non-veterans?
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoHow is this in any way relevant?
- drstewart 5y agoIt's relevant because you pretend you're shocked at the use of the word veteran in headlines when the country you're in does the very same thing. This shtick of "non-US" people is quite tiring.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoClaptrap. 1) this is whataboutism. One can ask about one thing when another thing exists, it's not a valid rebuke to say "what about that?". I have given no opinion on that BBC story either way, as it's not relevant. I'm not the country that I'm in, for starters. I would gladly criticise its politics when it's on topic and in good faith. Here it is neither. 2) "shocked" is your spin, and an inaccurate one. I specifically said "curious". 3) as you are repeatedly refusing to address, these are not actually comparable - who in the US case is comparable for the armed forces minister talking about the veteran? Who in the US case has the remit to talk about veterans, specifically? This is a waste of our time.