Interesting. I would not have expected that reaction from either of you. Is it because he wasn't in a war zone?
@Sanguine It's because he is trying to steal something that isn't his. The Purple Heart Medal is ONLY awarded to military members who are killed or wounded while in combat with an armed enemy. You don't get one if you are shot or killed by your fellow soldier because you didn't earn it any more than you would have earned one from being killed in an auto accident.
I will tell you how seriously this is taken. I was wounded twice in Laos by shrapnel from B-40 rockets,and didn't get a Purple Heart either time. One reason is I didn't put myself in for one or ask anyone else to put me in for one because the wounds were so minor they quit bleeding with a bandage. I still have the scars,though.
Also,it would have taken the testimony of one of the guys with me that they witnessed me being wounded. You do NOT get a Purple Heart because YOU say you earned one. You get one because OTHER people were with you when you were wounded,they were witnesses to the wound,and they signed statements saying you were wounded while in combat with enemy forces. I would have been embarrassed to even ask for a witness statement over something so minor,so I didn't get one.
Even though I WAS wounded by enemy fire while in combat,in MY mind,I STILL didn't deserve one for wounds so minor they basically quit bleeding on their own. Not while I had friends getting arms and legs traumatically amputated from machine gun fire hitting bones.
SOOOOO. Somebody tell that punk that "sympathy" is between shit and syphilis in the dictionary,and to look there if he feels like some sort of victum.