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I state again - i have lived here all my life- you're experienced as a soldier here for a tour- sorry but had you stayed around for another few years you might have witnessed the more aggressive tactics used by many of your colleagues, this varied from the gun pointing thing - routine? not when the gun constantly follows your head as you walk past, to being spreadeagled against a wall every Sunday on the way to college with a gun trained on you. It doesn't wash with me. I don't trust any people who carry guns i'm afraid.
Many of these young lads were bullies- i remember trying to get to my younger brothers deathbed as he lay in the royal hospital and being prevented by them. I have never - repeat never been involvved in any crap before but i did experience behaviour that can only be described as bullying from quite a few soldiers. I missed his death and i regret that since.
Restrictive - maybe its hard not be restrictive when you're brought up here, i don't think i'm hardline, but then your own views seem quite restricted as well.