Unauthorised Wearing of Military Medals

[Lancet Fluke]

"Impostors who wear military medals they are not entitled to should be liable to criminal charges, MPs say..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38055445

I see they are discussing a bill in the Commons today that would make it a criminal offence to wear military medals that you are not "authorised" to wear. Possible penalties being up to a 6 month prison sentence or a £5000 fine. Nice to see MPs are finally dealing with the issues that affect people's lives.

 

[SWP's back]

That's racism cured by FIFA and now crime by the government.

And people said 2016 was shit.

 

[2sheikhs]

Wearing medals for fucks sake!!
No wonder we can't get the ball rolling on brexit. What's next week's order of business? Anyone who puts warm milk on their shredded wheat to get 50 lashes for being a big tart?

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Wearing medals for fucks sake!!
No wonder we can't get the ball rolling on brexit. What's next week's order of business? Anyone who puts warm milk on their shredded wheat to get 50 lashes for being a big tart?

Hopefully sooner or later they will get around to thrashing kids for wearing an unauthorised 10m swimming badge. I don't want any of those little fuckers devaluing my achievements.

 

[stony]

"Impostors who wear military medals they are not entitled to should be liable to criminal charges, MPs say..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38055445

I see they are discussing a bill in the Commons today that would make it a criminal offence to wear military medals that you are not "authorised" to wear. Possible penalties being up to a 6 month prison sentence or a £5000 fine. Nice to see MPs are finally dealing with the issues that affect people's lives.

I believe the yanks call it "stolen valor" and youtube is full of clips of saddos wearing uniforms and pretending they are in the forces. They get quite upset about it over there.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I believe the yanks call it "stolen valor" and youtube is full of clips of saddos wearing uniforms and pretending they are in the forces. They get quite upset about it over there.

Clearly anyone who would wear medals and pretend they are a hero is, as you say, a saddo. It's a pathetic thing to do but for the Defence Committee to claim that there is a "tangible harm" created that is worthy of being a criminal offence is utter bullshit IMO. At the very least they need to look up the definition of the word "tangible" in a dictionary, arseholes.

 

[smudgedj]

Never mind that, what about the medals we earned and aren't entitled to wear. Sort that out first.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Never mind that, what about the medals we earned and aren't entitled to wear. Sort that out first.

You on about the Kuwait medal from gulf war 1

 

[stony]

Clearly anyone who would wear medals and pretend they are a hero is, as you say, a saddo. It's a pathetic thing to do but for the Defence Committee to claim that there is a "tangible harm" created that is worthy of being a criminal offence is utter bullshit IMO. At the very least they need to look up the definition of the word "tangible" in a dictionary, arseholes.

I agree, there are certainly more important things the government could be getting on with.

 

[smudgedj]

You on about the Kuwait medal from gulf war 1

That one, the nato one from Afganistan and there was one issued by the french to people who served with their carrier battle group (lol - I think we was 300 miles from the combat zone, so a little bit undeserved)