| Subject: Bickering? Who me? |
Author:
Dave Parker
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Date Posted: 13:18:38 03/27/05 Sun
Rick, of course we don't mind the cheek, once! After all, if you don't ask, you don't get. By the same token, How about a fortnight free donated as a prize in the raffle at the next Bty reunion? (Only joking......................or am I?)
Jim, just to clarify what I meant by quote; "bitching out of earshot of the person you are bitching about". I'm not talking about a genuine grievance or complaint. Certainly, that should have and, usually, was dealt with in the manner best suited to both parties. I was talking about the mindless, incessant, bitching-for-the-sake-of-bitching that most of us where capable of when (for instance, cold, wet and hungry) it was our turn to stag-on. The sort of bitching that, if done out loud and to the persons face, would have lead to endless arguments and bad feelings and would get on everyones nerves. This is the sort of thing I am talking about, and this seems to be going on today with our young contemporaries. Lack of discipline? Loss of Unit pride? lack of camaraderie? I don't know. Maybe a combination but, certainly, not helped by the right-on, PC brigade who demand every order be questioned and justified and make even the simplest of disciplinary actions a major court case. I don't think I would like the Army of today, just as, I'm positive, the Army of today would have hated ours and would not have survived. There you are! that's a contentious statement, if ever there was one. Replies welcome..........................
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