UK: Sister of dead solider sold his war medals on eBay to fund luxury cruise

Submitted by Broadsword on Tue, 2010-07-27 23:23

This is why men die for their country... article here. Excerpt:

'The sister of a war hero who died in Afghanistan sold his uniform and medals to an eBay trader to fund a luxury cruise for herself.

Corporal Rob Deering left his elder sister everything in his will, including four war medals, his uniform and an engraved memorial shell casing from his funeral.

But Elaine Deering, a single mother of one, sold it all for £1,100 and put the money towards a trip round the Mediterranean.

The 37-year-old, who is unemployed, said: ‘I’m on income support and I’m very hard up, so I did what I thought was best.’

Now the man who bought the mementos – which include medals from Corporal Deering’s service in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as an International Security Assistance Force medal – has returned them to the hero’s fiancee Gemma Polino.

Corporal Deering, a Royal Marine with the Commando Logistic Regiment, died in December 2008 as he raced to help injured comrades whose armoured Viking personnel carrier had been blown up by insurgents.

The 33-year-old was killed in a second explosion as he approached the vehicle in Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand province. He left everything to his sister, who also claims she was forced to sell the mementos to help look after her 14-month-old son.'

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Its like what Hilary said, the primary victims of war are women. This woman was alive and had needs (sarcasm).

But this woman and Hilary have pretty similar logic, the man's life doesn't really matter, just her happiness.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Wed, 2010-07-28 19:28

It seems to me that this is a lesson of integrity. The dead man, one who was honored as a hero, and the man with a conscience that gave the belongings to a person that loved the fallen warrior. Say what you want about men, but this paints an ugly picture about the self entitlement of women that have been raised in an industrialized country. When men act in this fashion they are portrayed as sociopathic types that are opportunistic, ah but women are portrayed as breaking the chains that bind them. Interesting system we all follow, or in some cases "suffer under" isn't it?

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Thu, 2010-07-29 00:18