Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 5:45pm:


I feared every Warrant Officer and Military Police I ever came up against, boy. And I still copped the hidings.

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Either that, or join the RAAF.

Is this what aussie means by relationships with vets?

Gordon wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 6:22pm:


What the bugger game are you playing at, Gordie? I expect better from you.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 4:56pm:


No war stories, not claims of heroics. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I was on a solo motorbike trip through the central highlands when members of a ethnic minority, the Montagnards, went nuts after being stirred up by outside agitators. They raided a small police station and killed a few cops. The response was overwhelming and about 10-15 Montagnards we killed in the ensuing crackdown.

I blundered into town late in the evening after it all went down, and instantly put in lockdown with a minder in a hotel and told nothing.

I was allowed to leave in the morning, but about an hour down the road, some security police pulled me over, pointed AKs at me and kept me there until an English speaking officer arrived to question me. When they established I wasn't one of the outside agitators, I was hastily evacuated form the area.


Here's an article about it, not accurate as it was written close to the time of the incident when facts weren't clear.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2004/04/14/vietnam-violence-against-montagnards-during-...

Gordon wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 7:29pm:


Really? You should expect more from yourself...

Civility doesn't seem to be in your nature, does it?

Auggie wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 7:30pm:


Gordon's a member of that fortunate generation that didn't have to put up with post-war rebuilding, or post-colonial independence, or the Cold War, or in our case - like many other countries - conscription.

If Gordon's parents had settled in Israel like many of his relatives, he'd have to deal with all of that, but gordon's parents were smart. They delivered baby Gordon, as if in a basket, to Jehovah Heights.

Since then, Gordon has lived a privileged life with no problems. Private schools, holidays, money, an easy life. Gordon never had to bother with a career in plane refuelling, like some of the other members here. No, Gordon's had what we British call a good innings. He will never know the struggle of those he takes so much joy in pissing off.

Like Nicole (RIP) and Andrei Hicks, Gordon is a member of that jet setting class we used to know as cosmopolitans. They hate boats, love planes, and they base their very identities on their superiority to those despicable poor and tinted races who travel in steerage.

We had cnts like this in Nam. Most had their eyes opened. But pricks like Gordon, Nicole, Andrei and silly old Big Hole never bothered to open their eyes. Instead, they chose to live their lives n an inane, chest-thumping stupor. Reading them is like watching someone have an epileptic fit. Lots of frothing and fitting, no awareness.

I don't mind their hysterics. On an artistic level, I love it - so creative, so much energy and fervour. I disagree with lawyers like Aussie that they should be shut down.

I think they should meet the despised lower classes and "rubbish people" they claim to be so superior to. Hang out with us for a bit. Have a halal snack pack. Look in my shed. Have a curry.

Nam changed my consciousness. It changed most of my generation, even those who were never forced into fatigues. Revolution won't shift them. The only thing that works is getting them to listen.

And they only way you can do that is to never shut up.

Gordon wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 8:20pm:


Here you go, Hole. Gordon rose above his station.

Lucky he wasn't in Butterworth Squadron, eh?

Big Donger wrote on Apr 8^th, 2018 at 8:12pm:


Gordon's a member of that fortunate generation that didn't have to put up with post-war rebuilding, or post-colonial independence, or the Cold War, or in our case - like many other countries - conscription.

If Gordon's parents had settled in Israel like many of his relatives, he'd have to deal with all of that, but gordon's parents were smart. They delivered baby Gordon, as if in a basket, to Jehovah Heights.

Since then, Gordon has lived a privileged life with no problems. Private schools, holidays, money, an easy life. Gordon never had to bother with a career in plane refuelling, like some of the other members here. No, Gordon's had what we British call a good innings. He will never know the struggle of those he takes so much joy in pissing off.

Like Nicole (RIP) and Andrei Hicks, Gordon is a member of that jet setting class we used to know as cosmopolitans. They hate boats, love planes, and they base their very identities on their superiority to those despicable poor and tinted races who travel in steerage.

We had cnts like this in Nam. Most had their eyes opened. But pricks like Gordon, Nicole, Andrei and silly old Big Hole never bothered to open their eyes. Instead, they chose to live their lives n an inane, chest-thumping stupor. Reading them is like watching someone have an epileptic fit. Lots of frothing and fitting, no awareness.

I don't mind their hysterics. On an artistic level, I love it - so creative, so much energy and fervour. I disagree with lawyers like Aussie that they should be shut down.

I think they should meet the despised lower classes and "rubbish people" they claim to be so superior to. Hang out with us for a bit. Have a halal snack pack. Look in my shed. Have a curry.

Nam changed my consciousness. It changed most of my generation, even those who were never forced into fatigues. Revolution won't shift them. The only thing that works is getting them to listen.

And they only way you can do that is to never shut up. [/quote]


You fkking wanker!