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John Ging

  • 18-01-2009 3:26am
    #1
    Fishtits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭


    Ex PDF, joined 1983, left as a Capt.

    Currently UNWRA Director of Ops in Gaza, on the news nightly

    Anyone served with him?

    Irishman at the point in daily news bulletins, speaking for the Gaza residents.


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  • #2
    concussion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭concussion


    Fishtits wrote: »
    Ex PDF, joined 1983, left as a Capt.

    Currently UNWRA Director of Ops in Gaza, on the news nightly

    Anyone served with him?

    Irishman at the point in daily news bulletins, speaking for the Gaza residents.

    I've been reading his statements over the last few weeks - he seems very level headed and in control despite the chaos around him. It would be easy to start apportioning blame and throwing accusations around but he didn't at all, even in the aftermath of the UNRWA attack. Fair play to him he's kept the focus on the humanitarian crisis and left the politics to someone else.


  • #3
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    concussion wrote: »
    I've been reading his statements over the last few weeks - he seems very level headed and in control despite the chaos around him. It would be easy to start apportioning blame and throwing accusations around but he didn't at all, even in the aftermath of the UNRWA attack. Fair play to him he's kept the focus on the humanitarian crisis and left the politics to someone else.


    Well said, I think the guy has been fantastic.

    To answer the OP, I've never came accross him tbh.


  • #4
    Fionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Fionn


    yes, served with him - 69 IRISHBATT (Recce Coy)
    a fine (and i dont say that often) Officer!!

    great guy, very fair minded and popular too, with everyone both up and down the ranks.

    :)


  • #5
    Zuiderzee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Zuiderzee


    Do you think it is proper, decent, acceptable or OK to discuss or ask about an individual who has served in the RDF/PDF on a public forum - particularly one in such a delicate and pressing situation? - in fairness - who is fishtits???

    Me - No

    Mods????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


  • #6
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    Do you think it is proper, decent, acceptable or OK to discuss or ask about an individual who has served in the RDF/PDF on a public forum - particularly one in such a delicate and pressing situation? - in fairness - who is fishtits???

    Me - No

    Mods????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????



    Mr.Ging has put himself into the public domain, so I guess its ok to talk about him.

    Of course anything skirting libelous will be edited accordingly.
    Zuiderzee wrote: »
    fishtits???

    Dunno, but its a great username!.

    :P

    I'm not ignoring your concerns, and you have a valid point of course. But this isn't an overly busy forum so its pretty easy to monitor posts.

    Thanks.


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  • #7
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Reference to "as useless as tits on a fish," I'd wager.

    NTM


  • #8
    Fishtits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭Fishtits


    Hey Manic...

    you should explain a little better...

    Zuiderzee, who is fishtits?

    Well boy I'll tell you who fishtits is...

    Someone who has been there, done that and now slopes off into incognito...;)

    So to speak...


  • #9
    iceage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭iceage


    Similar to say tits on a bull.....maybe....:D


  • #10
    Fishtits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭Fishtits


    iceage wrote: »
    Similar to say tits on a bull.....maybe....:D

    LoL :D


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