I will place money that all of these extremely wise and profound comments are from a regrettably all too familiar breed of armchair experts who have never worn a military uniform and never will wear one. Their unmistakable understanding of firearms technology and need to provide our own troops with the very best possible tactical advantage clearly shows through with such mature views and comments.

If it was up to these f***kwits our troops would still be armed with bows and arrows (blunt of course). I'd like to see just one of them experience a contact in Iraq/Afghanistan and then say we don't need to look at anything, including auto shotguns, that will give our troops any edge they can get.

The term 'REMF pussies' springs to mind, but I guess 'civilian gobshite' may be nearer the mark. Must be hell in those armchairs.....

The issue here isn't about whether you ate candy you dropped when you were a kid or if you would 'scrub' a glass after you girl friend drank from it - it about the fact that when you book into a hotel you are being charged for room/sheets/glasses etc to be cleaned properly. The issue is that you are being conned. The suits in the hotels know damn well this is going on and they can't believe how easy it is NOT to clean your drinking glasses. Ever wonder why hotel managers always have that smarmy smile? Now you know - we are all chumps being taken for a very unhealthy ride and - until now - only the entire hotel staff knew it! Bottom line -it's contractual malfeasance - sue the bone idle manager for stomach poisoning: that'll certainly remind him(her)of their responsibilities AND instantly wipe the smile from their faces!