Blast-in-place posted on YouTube: "Canadian Soldiers Blowing Up...House for Fun"

[Scott]

http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/59927-canadian-soldiers-blowing-up-an-afghan-villagers-house-for-fun

Ummm, without any more background...

That's where I stopped.

 

[sappermcfly]

Maybe you just need to STFU.

From a questionable blog and a short video, you managed to tell that troops did something wrong and that the chain of command was not doing anything about it. Great job.

+ 1

 

[Jarnhamar]

Witch Hunt is right.

Youtube is now being scoured by people looking for videos they can take out of context and repost shouting 'OMG look at this! Nato out of afghanistan! repost if you agree'

I saw a man blow himself up on purpose and the only person he hurt was himself. No one cared, big fail.
It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen and we laughed about it for 2 weeks.

Unless someone has been exposed to the high stress life or death situations soldiers are exposed to and develop the same sense of humor that soldiers, police officers, paramedics, fire fighters, jail guards etc.  do then they need to stop seeing a laughing soldier and automatically assume they approve of peeing on POWs doing the human caterpillars and throwing puppies off cliffs.

Kalatzi why the hell were you on that garbage website anyways? You couldn't at least post a video directly from youtube?

 

[OldSolduer]

I'm a soldier AND a jail guard correctional officer. I get double the black humour most people do.

For instance - an inmate with a glass eye we joke  "I'm keeping an eye out for him..."

 

[Retired AF Guy]

We don't know who originally took the video, but its a good chanced it was a Canadian soldier, who may have sent it friends. However, someone else got hold of it, and reposted it with the express purpose of defaming Canadian soldiers. A good illustration of the pratfalls of taking videos while in theatre and not being careful who you send them to.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I'm a soldier AND a jail guard correctional officer.

Apologies, my father was a corrections officer. He always refered to it as jail guard. No disrespect intended.

 

[OldSolduer]

Apologies, my father was a corrections officer. He always refered to it as jail guard. No disrespect intended.

Not a problem. No issues here. As an aside, the guy lost his eye because a Somali criminal stabbed him in the eye area several times. The video showed it all.

 

[Kalatzi]

To those who suggest I should STFU.

In some cases yes. This one? NO.

I didn't realize how bad the original site was.

Thought that by giving the benefit of teh doubt that that a better explanation would emerge.

Taken aback that Dogger1936 seeems to be censured for this.

I think that there may be a lot of people that have similar footage for personal use.

Common sense, as well I imagine as well as formal direction dictates that it not get onto the net. By that I mean anything questionable.

I did some checking on youtube after the fact there must be a coule of hundred videos, and this is the one that had teh potential to cause problems.

Soooo, what percentage of slip-ups do we allow????  How about none.

For those of you who still feel I should STFU.

Thank you for your opinions. I am honoured by them.

 

[Scott]

Dogger was not "censored" at all. And it has nothing to do with this, so just let that one slide and leave the moderation to us. I think you ought to be a little more careful as to what sites you link through here and your wording when it comes to thread titles.

Anyone sharing any digital media in this day of age should be slapped with the hand of stupid.

 

[aesop081]

By that I mean anything questionable.

I am still looking for the "questionable" par tof the video you posted about..........

and this is the one that had teh potential to cause problems.

No, it does not.

For those of you who still feel I should STFU.

That is me. I standby my opinion and now would be a perfect time for you to start.

 

[dapaterson]

Anyone sharing any digital media in this day of age should be slapped with the hand of stupid.

But there's the challenge.  How can the CF effectively communicate with the public what it's accomplishing without using digital media?

The best recruiting tools aren't sappy movies made by DND, but rather people reaching out and talking with their families and friends.

Ther's a need for balance, common sense and security, but any blanket prohibition would be counter-productive.

 

[Scott]

But there's the challenge.  How can the CF effectively communicate with the public what it's accomplishing without using digital media?

The best recruiting tools aren't sappy movies made by DND, but rather people reaching out and talking with their families and friends.

Ther's a need for balance, common sense and security, but any blanket prohibition would be counter-productive.

I don't disagree. And it's likely, as has been suggested, that folks are just mining what they can out of the context of a video in order o gain ground towards their end. But that doesn't excuse being careful, IMO.

I'll agree with your last and clarify that I have little issue with people chronicling their experiences. What I do take issue with is ordinary folks out there trying to, so it appears, jump on a bandwagon and say, "Lookie here!!!!"

 

[Jammer]

If I may put something into perspective. Because this is an open forum where anyone...from around the world may post any nugget of information they find to try and get a rise from some of you.

Please be mindful of the fact that whatever you write to correct a percieved wrong is being watched by folks who are a little less than friendly to the western world. We don't need help them out.

What we do and how we do it should be left to face to face conversations.

 

[OldSolduer]

The best PR type is a well spoken corporal who knows what he/she is talking about, is photgenic and can express themselves with out using the F Bomb every second sentence.
They are far more beleivable and more "in touch' with the average Canadian than the politicians.

My  :2c:

 

[Kalatzi]

CDN Aviator

What makes it questionable is that the person posting the video on youtube was able to set the reference

If they weren't able to get their hands on it no problem.

I'm just pleased that this has managed to remain a very small molehill.

"Never pass a fault"

Out

 

[Jarnhamar]

[quote author=CDN Aviator]
I am still looking for the "questionable" par tof the vodeo you posted about..........

[/quote]

I don't see it either. Nothing questionable there.

 

[aesop081]

If they weren't able to get their hands on it no problem.

They can also twist around video made by news reporters...they can do it with video posted by official PA sources. There was nothing questionable in the video we are talking about, plain and simple. That someone used it for their own agenda doesn't make the originator of the video wrong.

If someone filmed me at work right now and posted it on Youtube, it could be used by someone else to say that the CF supports Coke and not Pepsi........we don't control that and it doesnt make the video questionable.

I'm just pleased that this has managed to remain a very small molehill.

So far, you are the only one making it into anything.

"Never pass a fault"

There was no fault to pass.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

To those who suggest I should STFU.

In some cases yes. This one? NO.

I didn't realize how bad the original site was.

Thought that by giving the benefit of teh doubt that that a better explanation would emerge.

Taken aback that Dogger1936 seeems to be censured for this.

I think that there may be a lot of people that have similar footage for personal use.

Common sense, as well I imagine as well as formal direction dictates that it not get onto the net. By that I mean anything questionable.

I did some checking on youtube after the fact there must be a coule of hundred videos, and this is the one that had teh potential to cause problems.

Soooo, what percentage of slip-ups do we allow????  How about none.

For those of you who still feel I should STFU.

Thank you for your opinions. I am honoured by them.

:backpedalling:

 

[HavokFour]

Find the original video that this was ripped from on LiveLeak and I bet you my right leg it will have a completely different title and explanation of what is going on.

 

[Good2Golf]

Temporary lock for cooling off.  Note also the mod edit to thread title to ensure clarity of topic.

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