- Reaction score
- 114
- Points
- 680
frank1515 said:Agreed. He wasn't found guilty of being a person who couldn't make timely decisions under the presence of an armed enemy, or that he couldn't stomach the tedious war-like environment. If garda thinks he can be an asset, why bash him or them? He got a little too close to a subordinate and got caught, doesn't make him a bad assest, it makes him a person who was caught in a position he wasn't supposed to be in. No more, no less.
Good on him for finding work where he was, obviously, very good at. Less the improper conduct with the people who worked for him.
A person who willfully placed himself into that position knowing it was against the regulations. Who probably had soldiers under his command charged with that offense even as he laid back doing same himself. He also encouraged his partner to lie to impede the course of justice; both of which speak to his lack of "integrity" ... the basis of Garda's 'mantra'.
I have no issues with anyone questioning Garda's employment of him in their midst given their very own stated mantra.
I find that Naval Officers who remove themselves from proceedings against subordinates who have 'searched inappriorpriate content while at work' because they stated they had done same thing, have about 500% more integrity, honour and respect than someone who believes that rules are made for the much-lesser many than himself and, that when found to be breaching those regulations, that lying to cover it up is either honourable or acceptable.
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As a potential employer, his actions would tell me that his priority is strictly himself. Classic narcissism.
His later actions also indicate to me that had he experienced his ND while NOT with the CDS ... no action would have occured. He had no choice but to report himself precisely because of the company he was keeping when it occured. I give him NO credit on that front.