"PeterLucas" > wrote in message
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> Otis Willie PIO The American War Library >
> wrote in :
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>> PTSD and the Purple Heart
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/opinion/12mon2.html
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> Gidday Nancy, TD, Barb, Otis........ yes, it's really me :-)
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> No offence Otis, but I agree with the Pentagon on this one.
> I've always thought that the heart shape, and the colour signified blood
> that was spilt for your country.
>
> If they were to give it out for 'mental illness' they'd have to give it
> to *everyone* who signs up and goes to war. *Nobody* comes back from a
> war as perfectly 'stable' as when they left.

How would you know Lucas, you have never seen a war?
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> But, having said that, Aussies don't get a medal for getting wounded,
> and our Defence Forces attitude towards PTSD is about the same as the
> US.
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> They make a lot of noise and 'tut-tut' and "We'll look after you..." but
> in the end, it's "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."
>

You have PTSD as a result of being abused as a kid.
Nothing to do with the Defence Forces.
Their mistake was letting you in.
Now all you do is chase a pension.
A pension, what for?....Defence Forces mistake for not psychoanalysing you
correctly?

> Anyways... TD, looking back on old posts, I see Helski was asking for an
> invite to 'the safe place'. Did she end up getting one?
>
> I'm going to have to dig around and see if I can find my way back there
> and have a looksee :-)


There you go Lucas, again looking to hide again from the truth. You coward.