'we're the boys who fear no noise'
From: irishsavant.blogspot.com
Ex-soldier Victor Murtagh was awarded over €300,000 in the High Court this week to compensate for his experiences in Lebanon. With a name like Victor it's probably not surprising that he apparently 'always wanted to be a soldier', presumably attracted by the cut and thrust of battle and the adrenalin rush of taking it to the enemy. So here's the story.
He joins the Irish Army and gets trained in the skills of combat. Gets posted to Lebanon in due course. But then things start to go wrong. He heard a 'loud explosion' down the road which frightened the shit out of him, and then when he heard that two other soldiers were killed (imagine that, soldiers killed!) he became very upset. Very upset indeed.
So decided to sue the army. And he gets awarded €300k.
That all makes sense I suppose, and there's plenty of precedent. Historical records reveal that both Hitler and Stalin were driven demented during the Battle of Stalingrad with compensation claims from soldiers complaining of the noise. 'Mein Gott, can't they fight more quietly?' fumed Hitler, 'these claims are bankrupting the Reichsbank'.
It's sad that the army's proud claim of 'we're the boys who fear no noise' is now somewhat diminished. Still, looking at the bright side, in these days of growing unemployment, a whole new compensation industry is opening up, catering for every soldier who was ever upset by a loud bang.Site feed
He joins the Irish Army and gets trained in the skills of combat. Gets posted to Lebanon in due course. But then things start to go wrong. He heard a 'loud explosion' down the road which frightened the shit out of him, and then when he heard that two other soldiers were killed (imagine that, soldiers killed!) he became very upset. Very upset indeed.
So decided to sue the army. And he gets awarded €300k.
That all makes sense I suppose, and there's plenty of precedent. Historical records reveal that both Hitler and Stalin were driven demented during the Battle of Stalingrad with compensation claims from soldiers complaining of the noise. 'Mein Gott, can't they fight more quietly?' fumed Hitler, 'these claims are bankrupting the Reichsbank'.
It's sad that the army's proud claim of 'we're the boys who fear no noise' is now somewhat diminished. Still, looking at the bright side, in these days of growing unemployment, a whole new compensation industry is opening up, catering for every soldier who was ever upset by a loud bang.Site feed
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