Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D.- I was the media reporting on the troops--Kevin > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:31:43 -0500 > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Embedded Brit journalists will receive Iraq Campaignmedal > > Kevin Argue wrote that, having spent time covering Canadian troops in > Bosnia, he may qualify for a 'time in theater' peace keeping medal, and > then write... > > "After all the civilian >> contractors working for the military in Bosnia and Afghanistan are >> getting them." > > Which leads me to ask rhetorically - were you "working for the > military," as those civilians were, or were you there as part of the > media, as a theoretically impartial observer reporting back to the > citizens of Canada on what their military was doing in Bosnia? > > Those "civilian contractors" are, in effect, members of the military - > they are mercenaries, whether armed or unarmed, individuals paid to aid > the military. So if they get medals, what's the problem? But journalists > are not paid to aid the military - they are paid to report the truth as > they see it. Big difference. > > B. D. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html