If Catterick had replicas of churches would christians complain?

[Rupert_Baehr]

The villages in STANTA (Stanford Training Area, in Norfolk) have all sorts of buildings - including churches. There aren't any mosques there, though.

[Ousetunes]

They didn't resemble mosques at all.

 

There were no cars parked willy-nilly on yellow lines outside.

 

If that's how our troops are trained, aiming at models which look as though a bunch of five year olds have had a free day in the craft room, then maybe it's time to bring them home.

[Jonny5]

The Bradford Council of Mosques have been unhelpful and petty by complaining about this.

 

The MoD should have stood their ground.

 

They should also hire some better crafts people because those structures didn't look much like anything!

[Paul2412]

The Bradford Council of Mosques have been unhelpful and petty by complaining about this.

 

The MoD should have stood their ground.

 

They should also hire some better crafts people because those structures didn't look much like anything!

 

To be fair, the MoD should have basically told them to shut up. It's their private land and they can do what they like on it.

[mj.scuba]

Catterick is nowhere near Bradford, why they sticking their beaks in?

[Annoni_mouse]

Catterick is nowhere near Bradford, why they sticking their beaks in?

 

I heard one of their representatives on the radio complain that the army would be better off replicating some of th eother conditions they faced in Afghanistan "Like the terrain and the weather".

 

So if anyone in North Yorkshire suddenly spies an arrid mountain range popping up where there wasnt one before, or notices that the climate has become unusually hot, dry and dusty, you can thank the British Army

 

What a bunch of petty, narrow minded idiots - the Army should have told the complainers to naff off and put the training of the squaddies above some media driven outrage du'jour.

[boyfriday]

Having seen the local news about the replica mosques being used on the training ranges at Catterick being removed because of complaints, would people have complained if they had been replica churches?

 

No one would have listened.

 

They might have if the Taliban had been training their mortar fire on Afghan mock ups of Sheffield Cathedral.

[boyfriday]

I heard one of their representatives on the radio complain that the army would be better off replicating some of th eother conditions they faced in Afghanistan "Like the terrain and the weather".

 

So if anyone in North Yorkshire suddenly spies an arrid mountain range popping up where there wasnt one before, or notices that the climate has become unusually hot, dry and dusty, you can thank the British Army

 

What a bunch of petty, narrow minded idiots - the Army should have told the complainers to naff off and put the training of the squaddies above some media driven outrage du'jour.

 

Did you miss the bit on the news where the MOD showed a brief clip of a mock up of an Afghanistan village they'd created in Norfolk or Lincolnshire? It was very realistic and provided a valuable tool in training British infantry for service over there, nobody can have a legitimate complaint about that.

 

Cardboard cutouts of mosques in the middle of a field, dont have to be cardboard cutouts of mosques to provide target practice for weaponry.

[truman]

Did you miss the bit on the news where the MOD showed a brief clip of a mock up of an Afghanistan village they'd created in Norfolk or Lincolnshire? It was very realistic and provided a valuable tool in training British infantry for service over there, nobody can have a legitimate complaint about that.

 

Cardboard cutouts of mosques in the middle of a field, dont have to be cardboard cutouts of mosques to provide target practice for weaponry.

 

As I understood it they weren't being used as targets...

[NEKRO138]

They shouldn't be made to look like mosques. They should be generic buildings with no religious significance or resemblance whatsoever. Why would you make them look like mosques? It's disrespectful.