To be blunt, some people need to be called out and embarrassed

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To be blunt, some people need to be called out and embarrassed

Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by vicezilla

If this disgusting public display ever happened in front of me, I’d probably end up in jail!

Injured soldiers who lost their limbs fighting for their country have been driven from a swimming pool training session by jeering members of the public. The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were taking part in a rehabilitation session at a leisure centre, when two women demanded they be removed from the pool. They claimed that the soldiers “hadn’t paid” and might scare the children.

The unpleasant scenes broke out at Leatherhead Leisure Centre in Surrey when the wounded veterans, who are at Headley Court Military Hospital, had to use the 25-metre public pool because the hydro-pool at the defense rehabilitation centre is not big enough for swimming.

The servicemen were about to begin their weekly swimming therapy in closed-off lanes when they were verbally abused by the swimmers. One woman in her 30s was said to be infuriated by the lane closures saying the soldiers did not deserve to be there when she had paid.

Regardless of which country a soldier is from, a veteran deserves respect! Some people some times just need to be bitch-slapped!