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I remember sitting in Blooms a Jewish restaurant in London. I used to go for the salt beef sandwiches. I saw an elderly Jewish guy eating his meal quietly to one side. No big deal, then I noticed the tattoo on his wrist. It did make me think that yes the places really did exist in real life not just in books and on TV screens

they always have the best drugs, so I hear

So is that parole ?

i used to drink in the same pub and went raving (25 years ago) with 2 of the guys who were the first to be convicted of gay bashing in the UK. When I say the first, it was the first time that a British Judge had recognised that the crime was sexually motivated. Again they used a knife. I read the details years later in the Guardian after I lost touch with them.

They got caught because a banknote had blood on it. (they targeted a gay guy up on Hampstead Heath) The details were horrific. They had both been pals for years. The instigator had a pathological hatred of gay people. He was'nt too bright. His parents gave him £100 a week to stay away, a lot of money 25 years ago. He took any drug that he could, he was the first person I knew to smoke crack.

The second one grew up in care the parents died.He was a big lumpy guy who liked to talk with his fists and only motivation was to get drunk. Together they were a walking nightmare.

The instigator turned evidence on his pal. In my heart I know he was the prime mover. You don't hate people without a reason not like that.

They got a decent stretch I forget how long maybe a 6 the other a 4. The instigator turned into a crackhead, then a heroin addict, then a methadone addict, then a corpse. I heard from one of the old crowd.

Ignorance kills, creates a climate of hate, not for everyone but a perceptible percentage. Change is slowly coming. Now in the UK it's a lot better incidents still occur but no were like any of the previous frequency.

Any way that's my two bobs worth. Keep the faith

What was the average age of the soldiers you fought with ? War is hell,I can truly believe, but what was the one incident that gave you faith in your fellow man ?

By the way more power to you