Out of Pod Experience

Barracks are more of a centralised administration and command structure than full scale military installations in the UK, soldiers live off base for the most part in military quarters or rented accommodation, during my fathers time in the army, he served 25 years and for 15 of those the family moved with him, we only lived on base for a year, that was in a small barracks allocated to the TA (National Guard) he was posted to as an advisor/CO.

RMP have no authority outside of the barracks, our civilian police make any arrests outside of them and then turn military personnel over to the RMP as needed, although they sometimes work in tandem. It's very rare to see the RMP unless you're knee deep in manure, and guard duty is pulled by regular soldiers who while armed will generally not fire upon civilians unless they or the military base they are guarding are directly attacked.

It's a different culture here, firearms are rarely seen in public outside of military parades, guard duty (Buckingham Palace for example) or airports, while stationed in the UK most soldiers aren't armed while working unless their duties require them to be, even our armed forces in Europe are rarely armed unless they need to be. It's also very rare to see an off-duty soldier in uniform outside of military property unless they're attending some ceremonial function, they stand out and make for easy targets, a hard lesson we learnt during the Irish troubles.

The same school of thought carries over to our civilian police, 90% of them aren't armed, outside of pepper spray and telescopic batons, for everyday duties.

They didn't know it was happening.

The murderers hit him with a car first and people thought they were trying to help him. When they realised what was happening they called the police. The lads at the barracks had no idea something was going on until shots were fired and nobody knew who the victim was for a while. This all took place out of sight of the base.

What happens outside the gate is beyond the control of the MPs. If they don't hear it or see it, they're not going to know about it. They're not roaming the streets.

{EDIT: To be clear the followin response is because you used the word scum. /End Edit)

I completely believe that these men should be executed. They totally believe that they should be punished for their crimes as well. Heck, against the typical Middle Eastern Muslim mentality, the filmed perpertraitor even apologised for the fact that women had to witness their actions. If one listens to what the perpetratitor said, he said that this is how it is where they come from. I am not going to sit here and lecture on how the West has failed the developing nations of world, but I will say that, more than likely if you or I were raised in the area of the world were men like this were, we would be just the same have similar mentalities. To boot, I find it ironic, that these guys speak more languages then I and probably many in the EvE player base. Again, I do not condone the actions, but understanding motives is where we find the keys to potentially solving problems.




The whole of Religion really. I believe most of the cow towing is because the magority of the Muslims are not even close to the extremist viewpoint. Those that fall into the extremist catagory are a very small minority. It just so happens that small, well, organized groups, can reak havoc. Weak links break chains.

Political and religious discussion is not permitted on these forums. If you would like to discuss those topics, might I recommend a different forum. Thank you.

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