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Originally Posted by oldbaldy

It's old problem of proving a negative.

Tell me Matt when did you stop beating your wife?

I see where you are coming from, but it isn't the same thing at all.

There's a big difference between the question "has the army stopped bullying in its organisation" and the statement: "Bullying and harassment is rife throughout the armed forces in an environment that often encourages a feeling of isolation, and is a breeding ground for the culture of abuse."

Anyway I'm amending this post to include the info that I will be proceeding with a complaint against the law firm concerned.

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Noticed this yesterday on egoat. Not seen mention of it on here.

British soldier attacked by his own corporals in barracks | The Sun |News|Campaigns|Our Boys

Some of the antics that squaddies get up to can be misconstrued as bullying. I've seen guys thrown into a metal cage and the fire hoses turned on them after their first exercise. I've even seen a sergeant major, after his last Friday OC's Run, put into a cargo net and the REME wrecker crane hoisted him into the air. He got the fire hose treatment as well.

During one ocurse I did, me and the lads got into the spirit of everyone within shouting distance would pile onto one victim and tickle him. Armpits, ribs and worst of all, soles of feet got the treatment. Screaming and struggling only encouraged the perpetrators. We even got one lad in the corridor while the sergeant major was escorting two horrified civvies along. He did nothing to stop us, as he knew what we were like. For the record, I was victim many times as well.

Update from the Advertising Standards Authority:

Bolt, Burdon Kemp have agreed to amend the text of their advert under the heading "Bullying in the Military" so that it no longer says that bullying is "rife throughout the armed forces" or that the armed forces are "a breeding ground for the culture of abuse".

So my complaint is justified.

A small victory, but I wonder what weasel words they now use in place of the originals?

Originally Posted by eodmatt

Update from the Advertising Standards Authority:

Bolt, Burdon Kemp have agreed to amend the text of their advert under the heading "Bullying in the Military" so that it no longer says that bullying is "rife throughout the armed forces" or that the armed forces are "a breeding ground for the culture of abuse".

So my complaint is justified.

A small victory, but I wonder what weasel words they now use in place of the originals?

Good drills! A rare case of being able to right shyster injustice.

Nice one.

Originally Posted by eodmatt

A small victory, but I wonder what weasel words they now use in place of the originals?

I wonder if someone is going to get shouted at (or "bullied", if you will) for this over at Bolt, Burdon Kemp? After all, is not bullying "rife throughout the legal profession" and is not the legal profession "a breeding ground for the culture of abuse"?