British Army instructors are told to stop swearing at new recruits - BBC Newsbeat What is our country coming to??
In the Roman army it was a famous maxim that "The soldiers must fear the cudgels of their centurions more than the swords of the enemy". The enemy are likely to be very much more abusive and murderous than drill sergeants can possibly get, so winnowing out recruits who are unable to cope with a degree of (verbal) abuse is a useful process. On the other hand it is important to protect recruits from being cheated financially or abused sexually; instructors get tried by the Court Martial if they do that. Using a few swear words is neither here nor there.
When I yell at my kids they switch off We are breeding a generation of softly softly no shouting just have what you want we are your friend not your parent Mummy and daddy will tell the nasty man off
Quite. I recently read a compilation of diaries written by front line soldiers from The Great War (1914-18). Absolutely horrendous stuff. I think about those soldiers when I'm having a bad day to put things in perspective. There's nothing wrong with the young uns of today but with the gradual sanitization of society, we are slowly turning them into feckin pansies. Now then.... Where did I put that knife? I need to cut the crusts off this sandwich.
I know a child that has their crusts cut off I really don't know what's happening to society Perhaps coming out if the EU will change it Interestingly I have been watching back in time for the week on BBC2 So far we have gone from being a family in the 60-70 to becoming singular in the 80's More of what you need seems to have separated everyone
The army has a recruiting issue and those that get through the recruiting process have a fairly high drop out ratio during basic training, which is where these rules are coming from. The basic training is meant to be a shock to the senses and take you out of your normal comfort zone to weed out those not up to the task mentally as much as anything else. if you sanitise it too much then you risk drop outs further into the process (at greater wastage of £ training them) which is why it has always been that way. Leaving home and meeting and living with people from all sorts of backgrounds is stressful enough and there is always plenty of banter between recruits so it's all part of it. Reducing the stress of basic training is more a reflection on the capacity of the average recruit to go the distance than a fault in the training methods.
my eldest did similar when I broke my arm. I phoned him up to say I would be a bit late as I had just broke my arm and was being driven to hospital - his response was "...you f***ing d****head..." which was met with the nearest impression I could of somebody verbally reaching down the phone. he did apologise immediately and later put it down to the shock of the call. I think pillock is mildly acceptable, but ass hole - far too American, should at least have corrected his grammar "Arse-hole, son, Arse-hole."
i was probably asking for it. i almost encourage their swearing. some words are obviously a big no no. but they have to learn where and when. and how. ie with more conviction
