Thursday, October 21, 2004
And where are all the Outraged Limeys™ now?
or is this okey-dokey by y'all?
dedovshchina : Russia's once mighty armed forces are a haven for sadists, with senior soldiers subjecting their junior colleagues to vicious beatings, torture, sexual violence and death threats, a report said yesterday. ...In the following months Aleksei was routinely beaten up, had his nose and teeth broken, was woken at midnight every night and forced to perform back-breaking physical exercises (sometimes in a gas mask), was threatened with death and throttled, had his paltry monthly wage of 160 roubles (£3.20) stolen, was shaven with a lighter and was regularly humiliated. ..."An army of the sick and the beaten is not going to be the most effective. Nor is an army composed of victims and abusers. It [ dedovshchina ] has created an almost universal desire not to serve. "It's stunning that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, who is so preoccupied by national security, is ignoring this practice. It's not like he doesn't know about it."
...this outfit needs to get out more. Maybe a bit of useful work in a warmer clime?
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