it's a bloody disgrace, the government insisting on flying dead bodies home from afghanistan instead of doing the green thing, which would be to bury them in helmand. how many tonnes of emissions can they justify on the repatriation of remains?
no i'm not content with invading
i've never been happy with it but it seems to me that there's no call to add another injury through gratuitous carbon emissions which could be resolved by burying dead invaders in the existing british graveyards already scattered throughout southern afghanistan.
it's a bloody disgrace, the government insisting on flying dead bodies home from afghanistan instead of doing the green thing, which would be to bury them in helmand. how many tonnes of emissions can they justify on the repatriation of remains?
no i'm not content with invading
no i'm not content with invading
You're like some sort of Bono with double imperialism.
you're like some sort of bono without his charm and modesty
it's a bloody disgrace, the government insisting on flying dead bodies home from afghanistan instead of doing the green thing, which would be to bury them in helmand. how many tonnes of emissions can they justify on the repatriation of remains?
publish & be damned
what you mean is *you* think it's in poor taste, which is a very different thing and tells us more about you than about the issue at handThis thread is in really poor taste, even for urban.
You would think people had no valid criticisms of the Iraq war to drag up something so vapid and churlish as the 'carbon footprint' of returning the bodies of those we sent to die home to where their families grieve.it's a bloody disgrace, the government insisting on flying dead bodies home from afghanistan instead of doing the green thing, which would be to bury them in helmand. how many tonnes of emissions can they justify on the repatriation of remains?
are you thick or something? this isn't about the fucking iraq war. i thought that the mention of 'afghanistan' in the op might have given that away. but obviously not.
Well your right I should have said Afgahnistan and all of a sudden you criticism is justified I mean the lack of green credentials on these wars is clearly the most burning issue.
i bet you think everything about climate change's amusing. given that you couldn't work out which war we're talking about here, i think i'll treat your post with the contempt it deserves.
Sober up then come back online.
first sensible thing you've said
it's pretty fucking important, don't you think? returning to iraq, two wars fought with depleted uranium has caused widespread environmental damage. the number of landmines in afghanistan from 30 years of war kill and maim hundreds of people each year. the pollution caused by yankee munitions has led to much water in afghanistan become dangerous to human health. but to you all this is a bit of a laugh, it seems.
it most certainly is. but thus far you've shown no interest in it. i for one see no need to add to the devastation of afghanistan by contributing unnecessary emissions through the transport of corpses by air.
