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Wounded Iraq veterans driven out of public pool when told they might scare children

Soldiers who suffered appalling injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan were verbally abused as they swam in a public swimming pool.

During a weekly rehabilitation class at a council leisure centre, 15 servicemen ? including several who have lost limbs or suffered severe burns ? were heckled and jeered by members of the public.

One woman was so incensed that the troops were using the pool at Leatherhead Leisure Centre in Surrey that she told them they did not deserve to be there.

She became increasingly abusive, screaming that it was wrong for staff to rope off a lane exclusively for the injured personnel from the nearby Headley Court rehabilitation centre.

The swimmer, thought to be in her 30s, is understood to have said: "I pay to come here and swim ? you lot don't."

The abuse was witnessed by 79-year-old Korean War veteran Charles Murrin, who said yesterday: "I could not believe what she was saying.

"The lane was roped off, which they do every week. It wasn't as if the pool was completely closed. Her group had the rest of the pool to swim in.

"She said the men do not deserve to be in there and that she pays money to come in the pool and they don't."

The soldiers, who use the pool as part of a water therapy course, were quickly ordered out by their instructor to avoid further embarrassment.

Mr Murrin, who served in the Royal Navy, added: "I spoke to the instructor in the changing room afterwards and he was livid.

"I know what these people are going through, because I talk to them and I have got quite friendly with them."

Linda Sinclair, of Leatherhead, also witnessed the abuse.

She said:"It was a few people that were complaining and it made me cross. I really felt for those soldiers."

The incident, which took place on November 13, came as a national appeal was launched to raise ?5million to build a new rehabilitation pool and gym at Headley Court.

The centre treats 180 injured servicemen who have to make a half-hour trip to Leatherhead to use the pool.

Last night, Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, a former infantry commander, told of his dismay at the incident.

He said: "It may well be that these people had paid for the use of the pool, but our soldiers have paid so much more for their country."

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We are disappointed that a small number of people objected to the closure of swimming lanes so that patients of Headley Court could use them."

A spokesman for Mole Valley District Council, which owns the leisure centre, said: "There appears to have been a rare incident where two members of the public queried the provision of lanes of the swimming pool for Headley Court.

"While we wouldn't condone what happened, staff did their best to accommodate all concerned and acted professionally in dealing with the situation."
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From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=495910&in_page_id=1770
 
The swimmer, thought to be in her 30s, is understood to have said: "I pay to come here and swim ? you lot don't."
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They paid by risking their lives for you, you selfish, undeserving moron.
 
You'd think that people would be grateful for the sacrifices their armed forces make to protect and allow them the freedoms they hold dear. Or, in the case of this ungrateful, self-centered bitch, take completely for granted, and forget that those soldiers helped to protect her rights and privileges. She, along with those other hecklers, are the ones that deserve to (at least) be barred from the pool, if they are just going to scream and whine about their fellow soldiers using said pool. Maybe be forced to experience what those soldiers had to go through.
 
Nice to know someone is still thinking of the children, I was getting a bit worried that people were actually starting to listen to George Carlin and decided to "FUCK THE CHILDREN." https://pic.armedcats.net/2007/11/25/jerkit.gif

I still can't fathom how people can be so cruel to those who fight in the armed forces for their own country. The only exception is if you hate the regime.

Thats just fucking disgusting.
 
I think that we in America and Brittan have it so good, that when we are confronted with the ugly truth about war, it is something we cannot stomach. I think the assholes citizens at that pool are in just plain denial of the violent world around them, as a conscious and caring human being would never says those words out loud to a veteran of war, of any war.
 
M3lover said:
I can't believe no one told her to just STFU
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Yeah, everyone was so upset about it, but no one went over there and dunked her ass? That's what angers me the most. Those soldiers should have just kept on swimming. Whether or not you agree with the war it's wrong to berate soldiers.
 
Keel haul the bitch.

If I were the staff I would have kicked her out, not the soldiers.
 
epp_b said:
They paid by risking their lives for you, you selfish, undeserving moron.
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blah blah blah

that women is wrong in every way imaginable and the staff had indeed better thrown her out than the soldiers

but i don't think i owe any soldier sth just caus he chose to go shoot people and got wounded in the process
 
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