Brave gay *nglishman soldiers on
HardySpicer
Army comrades
Fighting the Taliban on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan is one
of the toughest challenges a soldier can face.
But heroic Trooper Ben Rakestrow had to summon up his courage for a
different reason last year - to tell his comrades-in-arms that he was
homosexual.
Now the brave 21-year-old has spoken about the support and acceptance
he has received from his squadron since coming out.
Incredibly, only 10 years ago he would have been booted out of the
British Army under rules banning gay personnel.
Today, though, Trooper Rakestrow - who was in the same convoy as
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe when the commanding officer was
killed in an explosion - experiences nothing more than harmless banter
from his fellow soldiers.
Jellore
"Harmless banter"? One wonders if this is so.
The Highlander
> Gay soldier serving in Afghanistan reveals moment he 'came out' to his
> Army comrades
>
> Fighting the Taliban on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan is one
> of the toughest challenges a soldier can face.
>
> But heroic Trooper Ben Rakestrow had to summon up his courage for a
> different reason last year - to tell his comrades-in-arms that he was
> homosexual.
>
> Now the brave 21-year-old has spoken about the support and acceptance
> he has received from his squadron since coming out.
>
> Incredibly, only 10 years ago he would have been booted out of the
> British Army under rules banning gay personnel.
>
> Today, though, Trooper Rakestrow - who was in the same convoy as
> Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe when the commanding officer was
> killed in an explosion - experiences nothing more than harmless banter
> from his fellow soldiers.
> And that's the way it should be. Some of the bravest men in battle are army medics who are often gay but expose themselves to death whenever they run, unarmed, among the wounded, triaging those who need help most if they are to survive. Most have the courage of lions and a wounded soldiers can only see them as angels coming to their rescue.
> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234993/Gay-trooper-says-comi...
HardySpicer
Indeed, were we do excluse gays from the British army, the entire
population of old Etonians would have to be ruled out as officer
material.
Hardy
Shaun
<jel...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234993/Gay-trooper-say=
>s-comi...
>
>"Harmless banter"? One wonders if this is so.
>
What the Army considers harmless banter would see you sacked from any
other Government job.
Shaun
If the Army are so accepting of homosexuals why is it so brave to
admit to being one ?
HardySpicer
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:56:25 -0800 (PST), HardySpicer
>
>
>
> <gyansor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Gay soldier serving in Afghanistan reveals moment he 'came out' to his
> >Army comrades
>
> >Fighting the Taliban on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan is one
> >of the toughest challenges a soldier can face.
>
> >But heroic Trooper Ben Rakestrow had to summon up his courage for a
> >different reason last year - to tell his comrades-in-arms that he was
> >homosexual.
>
> >Now the brave 21-year-old has spoken about the support and acceptance
> >he has received from his squadron since coming out.
>
> >Incredibly, only 10 years ago he would have been booted out of the
> >British Army under rules banning gay personnel.
>
> >Today, though, Trooper Rakestrow - who was in the same convoy as
> >Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe when the commanding officer was
> >killed in an explosion - experiences nothing more than harmless banter
> >from his fellow soldiers.
>
>
> If the Army are so accepting of homosexuals why is it so brave to
> admit to being one ?
There's an old army saying 'you're not a real soldier until you have
been rear-ended by an old-Etonian'.
as for the navy.. where do you think the rank "rear admiral" come
from? The *nglish are a nation of poofs. (brave ones at that)
Let us salute our *nglish friends..Mince to the left,mince to the
right...Oh you are awful..Look, there's a taleban - bet he's got a
biggun eh!
Hardy
Robert Henderson
<a89eb2be-d0ea-4f46...@z3g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
HardySpicer <gyans...@gmail.com> writes
>Gay soldier serving in Afghanistan reveals moment he 'came out' to his
>Army comrades
>
>Fighting the Taliban on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan is one of
>the toughest challenges a soldier can face.
But....but....but....where are the three creatures squealing OT.... RH
--
Robert Henderson
Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk
Robert Henderson
<0b390a95-c6d2-4b5b...@g4g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
HardySpicer <gyans...@gmail.com> writes
>were we do excluse
Fantasy Celt education.... RH
Robert Henderson
<71065406-bfc2-4886...@x25g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
HardySpicer <gyans...@gmail.com> writes
>> If the Army are so accepting of homosexuals why is it so brave to
>> admit to being one ?
>
>There's an old army saying 'you're not a real soldier until you have
>been rear-ended by an old-Etonian'. as for the navy.. where do you
>think the rank "rear admiral" come from? The *nglish are a nation of
>poofs. (brave ones at that) Let us salute our *nglish friends..Mince to
>the left,mince to the right...Oh you are awful..Look, there's a taleban
>- bet he's got a biggun eh!
Racist and homophobic bigotry noted and saved for future use. RH
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>
>>>Fighting the Taliban on the dusty battlefields of Afghanistan is one of
>>>the toughest challenges a soldier can face.
>>
>> But....but....but....where are the three creatures squealing OT.... RH
>
It's about an Englishman, soupcreature.... RH
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>
>>>> But....but....but....where are the three creatures squealing OT.... RH
>>>
>>>Why is it off-topic, Fatboi?
>>
>> It's about an Englishman, soupcreature.... RH
>
According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch politics
is OT, soupcreature.... RH
> It's not about sport, lardass. Nor is it repetitive spam, Mr Spare
>Tyre 1998.
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>
>> According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch politics
>> is OT, soupcreature.... RH
>
Get Googling, Soupcreature... RH
The Highlander
dropped from time to time concerning your own glittering career,
during which there has never been any mention of a wife or child, from
which I have already drawn my own conclusions, are we to assume that
you are speaking from personal experience as some old Etonion's one-
time bum boy?
I've never heard of such a charge being lodged against old Etonions,
but given your confident statement that such a problem exists, how
about regaling us with a tale or two of the degradations you must have
endured while bouncing on the bedsprings for the pleasure of Britain's
upperclasses? Just think of all the money you could make by selling
your story to some reputable tabloid which would drool at the chance
of an expose involving Britain's rich and famous. I know from reading
your posts and your reputation for honest comment in scs that you
would never bring such a charge without proof and if you have photos
of your career as a nancy boy, you should be able to clean up,
financially and anally.
The Highlander
The Highlander
I must admit that Teleban's wee wees were never a subject I had given
any thought to, However
given your interest in the subject, I'm surprised that the Army hasn't
contacted you to enlist your help in blowing them away. From now on I
shall salute your courage in outing yourself by always referring to
you as Homo Hardy, as you have apparently wallowed where few of us
would care to tread..
conwaycaine
"The Highlander" <mic...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:1b335d71-d2a5-4232...@s21g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
That's a very interesting remark and given the few hints you have
dropped from time to time concerning your own glittering career,
during which there has never been any mention of a wife or child, from
which I have already drawn my own conclusions, are we to assume that
you are speaking from personal experience as some old Etonion's one-
time bum boy?
I've never heard of such a charge being lodged against old Etonions,
but given your confident statement that such a problem exists, how
about regaling us with a tale or two of the degradations you must have
endured while bouncing on the bedsprings for the pleasure of Britain's
upperclasses? Just think of all the money you could make by selling
your story to some reputable tabloid which would drool at the chance
of an expose involving Britain's rich and famous. I know from reading
your posts and your reputation for honest comment in scs that you
would never bring such a charge without proof and if you have photos
of your career as a nancy boy, you should be able to clean up,
financially and anally.
********
Another classic, Highlander, another classic.
(Good to see you posting again.)
conwaycaine
"Robert Henderson" <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:EtZgliB6...@anywhere.demon.co.uk...
> HardySpicer <gyans...@gmail.com> writes
>
> Racist and homophobic bigotry noted and saved for future use. RH
I dare say.
And that next time will be the next time you choose to cut loose on the poor
Scots.................
Robert Peffers
"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:5qqdnbPli79jpLjW...@giganews.com...
Henderson posts.
Mind you he has gone well downhill in the last couple of years.
It is a bit like a persistent flea that has been around so long you would
miss it if it wasn't there.
I got fed up scratching, though, and he is now in the killfile.
He will stay there until I get a new computer and start up another killfile
list.
--
Auld Bob
Custos Custodum
62.141.42.83:
> Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in
> news:7FhvvsVf...@anywhere.demon.co.uk:
>
>> In message <Xns9CE06BF74...@62.141.42.83>, soupdragon
>> <m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>
>>>> According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch politics
>>>> is OT, soupcreature.... RH
>>>
>>>He said no such thing.
>>
>> Get Googling, Soupcreature... RH
>
> Your claim - you get Googling, Fatboi.
Doubtful that he could or would. His batch posting habits are strongly
suggestive of someone who is chained to a dial-up account because he's too
cheap to shell out for broadband.
Robert Peffers
"Custos Custodum" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:hg3h2g$11t$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
You credit him with far too much. I'd bet on him using a computer in a local
library or community centre that is funded by the subsidised London Council
that houses him.
--
Auld Bob
HardySpicer
Not Eton old boy - Fetes if you'll remember. Yes my army career was
nothing to shout about.
Didn't you know that *nglish public school are hotbeds of
homosexuality? I would have thought a man of the world like yoruself
would have known that one.
You must have got a tap on the shoulder in the middle of the night a
few times yoruself Highlander. The *nglish gentleman admires a kilt if
nothing is worn under it.
Hardy
Robert Peffers
"soupdragon" <m...@privacy.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9CE0E1764...@62.141.42.83...
> "Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in
> news:HdOdneMtB7Om0LjW...@bt.com:
Perhaps the library/civic centre/community hall or whatever has the computer
clock set to the wrong time. Oh! Wait a moment - perhaps, due to the large
numbers of immigrants, they are set to some other time zone?
--
Auld Bob
The Highlander
Dear God, Fettes? The school that educated Tony Blair?
In fact I went to a school called Merchiston, which is located in
Colinton, just across the road from Dreghorn barracks.
A few weeks ago it was honoured as the best school in Britain, no
doubt much to the annoyance of Mr. Brown, what with him being a
communist or whatever the labour party calls itself these days...
> Didn't you know that *nglish public school are hotbeds of
> homosexuality? I would have thought a man of the world like yourself
> would have known that one.
Of course I did. I ran a thriving business, selling introductions to
the school maids, while reserving the prettiest one for myself, a
young lady named Nettie...
Unfortunately, Nettie failed to inform me that she was running another
stud on the side, a drill sergeant nicknamed Scarface from Dreghorn
Barracks, who was not surprisingly less than thrilled when Nettie
confessed all, having seen a picture of my family's mansion in some
magazine. Scarface was less than delighted to hear that he had
competition and that his Friday night romp was now at an end.
We had a corps day every Friday, managed by Scarface, and you can
imagine how the sweat flowed when he walked down the ranks asking each
member, "Is your f*cking name f*cking Paterson?" Sadly for Scarface
and fortunately for me, he was not well versed in the ways of public
school boys - had he offered cash this space would be sitting here
empty tonight and I would be singing castrato in the choir from the
depths of my wheelchair.
So it was farewell Nettie and hello Madge and life went on as usual.
As for the homo stuff, it never interested me. If nothing else, the
equipment was all wrong for someone who was running a knocking shop in
the maid's quarters, so I'm afraid I'm unable to answer your lip-
licking, drooling expectations.
> You must have got a tap on the shoulder in the middle of the night a
> few times yoruself Highlander. The *nglish gentleman admires a kilt if
> nothing is worn under it.
Certainly not. The Scottish gentleman wears nothing under his kilt so
as to make it easier
for ladies to waste no time in getting down to business.
Your remarks suggest a rather intense interest in little boys, which
is simply not my bag. Noblesse oblige and all that sort of thing,
don't you know old boy, what? However, you might try London,
specifically Mayfair.You sound as though you might find yourself right
up someone's street! Or vice versa of course, as Mayfair is crawling
with old Etonions and chaps from Fettes, just dying to meet a new
friend..
Sorry Homo, old chap - uh excuse me - Hardy, old chap!
> Hardy
HardySpicer
> "conwaycaine" <conwayca...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> ::"The Highlander" <mich...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>
> Yep. Nice to see he hasn't entirely lost his teeth due to his recent
> infirmity...
>
I'm cutting him some slack. I know that recently he has not been
feeling himself, and that may well be the problem.
Hardy
Robert Henderson
<conwa...@bellsouth.net> writes
Merely applying a firm English guiding hand... RH
Robert Henderson
>>
>> According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch politics
>> is OT, soupcreature.... RH
>>>
>>>He said no such thing.
>>
>> Get Googling, Soupcreature... RH
>
Soupcreature's failure to address the evidence noted... RH
conwaycaine
"Fred J. McCall" <fjmc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:r67bi5hqj5518hmsf...@4ax.com...
> "conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> :"The Highlander" <mic...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
:
> :Another classic, Highlander, another classic.
> :(Good to see you posting again.)
>
> Yep. Nice to see he hasn't entirely lost his teeth due to his recent
> infirmity...
Michael often lulls his targets into a sense of complacency before he gelds
them.
conwaycaine
> In message <5qqdnbPli79jpLjW...@giganews.com>, conwaycaine
> <conwa...@bellsouth.net> writes
>>
>>"Robert Henderson" <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:EtZgliB6...@anywhere.demon.co.uk...
>>> HardySpicer <gyans...@gmail.com> writes
>>>
>>> Racist and homophobic bigotry noted and saved for future use. RH
>>
>>I dare say.
>>And that next time will be the next time you choose to cut loose on the
>>poor
>>Scots.................
>>
>>
>
> Merely applying a firm English guiding hand... RH
I'll bypass the obvious rejoinder here, HRH.
It's been overdone in the past.
conwaycaine
"Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:Xb-dnc-CMfOc27jW...@bt.com...
Some say that a high spirited Scottish woman has changed his views on the
Albanach.
Robert Peffers
That arch New Labourite, Lord Peter Mandelson, is on record as saying, "We
are all Thatcherites now".
So that puts new Labour just to the left of Genghis Khan and a little to the
right of Adolf Hitler.
> Hardy
--
Auld Bob
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>n message <Xns9CE0B42E7...@62.141.42.83>, soupdragon
>> <m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>
>>>> According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch politics
>>>> is OT, soupcreature.... RH
>>>>>
>>>>>He said no such thing.
>>>>
>>>> Get Googling, Soupcreature... RH
>>>
>>>Your claim - you get Googling, Fatboi.
>>
>> Soupcreature's failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>
Soupcreature's continued failure to address the evidence noted... RH
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>n message <Xns9CE0B42E7...@62.141.42.83>, soupdragon
>>>> <m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the Guig creature anything not related to Scotch
>>>>>> politics is OT, soupcreature.... RH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>He said no such thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Get Googling, Soupcreature... RH
>>>>>
>>>>>Your claim - you get Googling, Fatboi.
>>>>
>>>> Soupcreature's failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>>>
>>>Fatboi's failure to back up his claim and subsequent evasion noted.
>>
>> Soupcreature's continued failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>
>and continued evasion noted.
Robert Henderson
<m...@privacy.com> writes
>>>>>Your claim - you get Googling, Fatboi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Soupcreature's failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>>>>>
>>>>>Fatboi's failure to back up his claim and subsequent evasion noted.
>>>>
>>>> Soupcreature's continued failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>>>
>>>Fatboi's failure to produce evidence for inspection to back up his
>claim
>>>and continued evasion noted.
>>>
>> Soupcreature's continued failure to address the evidence noted... RH
>
Robert Henderson
<a2b74fc5-c51e-42f1...@z3g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, The
Highlander <mic...@shaw.ca> writes
>
>Certainly not. The Scottish gentleman wears nothing under his kilt so
>as to make it easier for ladies to waste no time in getting down to
>business.
....of castrating the wee, very wee, fellow... RH
Magnus
> weewee,
Henderson shows his infantile vocabulry.
Magnus
Robert Henderson
<also....@nowhere.com> writes
>infantile
Yep, that sums up your posts...RH
Magnus
> In message <Xns9CE9CAB45A1E8...@69.16.176.253>, Magnus
> <also....@nowhere.com> writes
>>infantile
>
> Yep, that sums up your posts...RH
Care to address the point about Fermat's Last Theorem having been proven?