tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912835851852857283.post655442652745941955..comments2023-09-29T16:32:35.116+01:00Comments on fishfingerbutty: ARMISTICE DAYFish Finger Buttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03576775780914600240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912835851852857283.post-91884382810972286022010-11-14T17:40:07.748+00:002010-11-14T17:40:07.748+00:00Thanks for the glimpse into your grandfather's...Thanks for the glimpse into your grandfather's life! Our soldiers, when society deems a war "bad", are treated with little dignity. I hear this war we are in now is going to be the worst for PTSD. I suppose because they now have a label for it now. I do know they haven't done the statistics yet on the homeless that have mental problems from the war.<br /><br />Sad............Yarnladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912835851852857283.post-51299689492256036472010-11-14T07:54:16.471+00:002010-11-14T07:54:16.471+00:00Hi MM and thanks for your comments.
He wasn't...Hi MM and thanks for your comments. <br />He wasn't treated badly because he was in the war and the expectation at the time was that everyone of eligible age should sign up. The treatment for those who didn't was far worse. The problem for those who were lucky to survive and return home (albeit in most most cases very badly injured, was that it was many years before the UK had set up the welfare system and the NHS. Many were left in poverty as they couldn't work and far more were left untreated with their injuries. My grandfather spent several years in a mental asylum with probably what we know today as PTSD. I suppose history teaches us lessons and we treat our soldiers today with hopefully far better treatment and in the esteem they deserve (although it's not always perfect). As for me, I suppose my grandfather's experience inspired me to do the job I do now so one positive there!Fish Finger Buttyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576775780914600240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912835851852857283.post-12629955731244620732010-11-12T16:53:05.147+00:002010-11-12T16:53:05.147+00:00Was he treated badly by society because he was in...Was he treated badly by society because he was in the war? Did your country not believe they should have participated?Yarnladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com