[Magdalen] Keeping safe?

[Jay Weigel]

I don't recognize my country any more. Sad, but that's absolutely the way
it is right now.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 7:08 AM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> That's certainly the way it looks. There was the assumption that when they
> have done what they can for us they will go back to Nepal.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 07/07/2018 10:56, Lesley de Voil wrote:
>
>> Oh dear, Roger, and do you mean to say that all that patriotic fervour
>> stirred up in us colonials by the sight of the ever-so-clever and brave
>> Gurkha troops ( not to mention their bands, too) at the Edinburgh Tattoo
>> was based on a lie (whisper) 'they're not really one with us'?
>> Regards
>> Lesley de Voil
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Roger Stokes via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Sent: ‎7/‎07/‎2018 19:00
>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Cc: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Keeping safe?
>>
>> On 07/07/2018 01:50, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> When I was in grammar school
>>> we were taught that our cause was just
>>> (in the Revolutionary War)
>>> because the patriots were actual citizens
>>> while the British employed mercenaries.
>>>
>>> I know better now,
>>> but I always remember that lesson when I realize that our current army
>>> employs non-citizens.
>>> If the world were fair, soldiers would be granted citizenship some time
>>> during or after their service.
>>> But nooooooo
>>>
>> The world isn't fair. A few years back there was a big fuss this side of
>> the pond over Gurkha soldiers. The British Army have used Nepalese
>> fighters for over 200 years because they are renowned for their courage
>> and they were organized into their own Brigade. Until 2004 their service
>> did not automatically qualify them for the right to settle in the UK
>> when they left the Army, and even then it was only those who had been
>> discharged after the Brigade moved its HQ from Hong Kong to the UK in
>> 1997. A major campaign, of which Joanna Lumley became the public face,
>> this was extended in 2009 to all Gurkhas who had served at least four
>> years in the Army. However they still have a reduced pension for service
>> before 1 July 1997.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
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