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| paulss |
on Mon 7 Dec 09, 9:44 AM to paulss's blog.
Saw a surreal sight today. A soldier in camouflage gear wearing a hi-viz vest. A bit of a mixed message there I think!
| 7 Dec 09, 10:46 AM wonderer UK, 5 yrs |
Yes, I remember during the "troubles" wandering in small towns in N Ireland and suddenly seeing 4 youths in "camouflage" carrying (presumably loaded) rifles and walking purposefully in pairs, one pair each side of the street. Obviously British Army, but why oh why. They even had blacking marks on their faces. I suppose they were meant to look fierce but to me they looked risible, something of a laughing stock. Better camouflage would have been a shabby business suit. (Yes, I know the "troubles" were far from laughing matter; utterly tragic; I have too many personal contacts to do anything but lament the whole thing. But laughing at the fragments can be healthy I think. And yes, I do know they could have shot me. That's another tragedy). Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/226772/ Edited 7 Dec 09, 10:49 AM by wonderer |
| 7 Dec 09, 2:48 PM Twinkletoes 5 yrs |
It's another sign of 'elf n safety' gone mad. If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle. ~ Rita Mae Brown |
| 7 Dec 09, 4:38 PM buckssub UK(MK), 5 yrs |
It always makes me smile when I see bright fluorescent orange hunting clothes in American shops that also have a camouflage pattern on them. I'm told that the reason is that deer are colour blind so they dont see the orange, just the pattern, and the orange is to stop you getting shot by other hunters! Aut tace aut meliora loquere silentio |
| 9 Dec 09, 4:17 PM Scribbles UK(RH), 4 yrs |
I can well imagine the danger of being shot by hunters is significant. In France they have incidents every year of shootings of this kind in accidents, often tragically by people who know each other, even family members. |
