[gruntygiggles]

Stewie, I certainly couldn't do what you have ahead of you and without the good people of this country being willing to do what is needed to try and bring a little peace to this world, it would be a far worse world to live in, so my hat's off to you.

I also agree that signing up for something does not shift responsibility. A soldier signs up for duty and carries out those duties. If he/she is injured in the line of those duties, it is purely the responsibility of the person that laid the bomb/pulled the trigger etc.

As for this thread and some of the sentiment in it...forget football, forget status and fame, forget feeling the need to make a point just for the sake of making a point.

A 23 year old man almost lost his life and someone wanted to wish him well...ANYONE that thinks it is ok to question that motive needs to have a good long think about what is right and wrong in this world.

Is it not possible for people to wish others well nowadays without being criticised for it?

Live and let live people...sure, there may be things that you wish had been highlighted in the same way, but just because they weren't doesn't mean that it is in any way wrong to put up any other thread about any other person or persons.

What has happened to compassion?