Is Being Called A Black B****rd An Acceptable Part Of Life In The Forces?

[jake-the-peg]

So Patrick Mercer is resigning the Tory Party whip before Panorama exposes his misdemeanors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22727815

Ironic since he once said:

he had seen "a lot of ethnic minority soldiers who were idle and useless, but who used racism as cover for their misdemeanours."

Presumably as opposed to him using his position as an MP as a cover for his!

More interestingly he once said that being called a "black b@stard" was part of life in the armed forces.

Do people think that's acceptable today?

If they do would it be equally acceptable for a black NCO to refer to a wite soldier in the reverse?

Are racist comments acceptable in the Army now or in Mercer's departure are we seeing the the death of a dinosaur?

[jno]

black skin not a disability, OG? Perhaps try checking unemployment rates or stop and search statistics...

[Old_Geezer]

In that case presumably they are all claiming for the disability ?

[Sqad]

After 42 posts and almost 6 hours all we have from our illustrious OP is 3 lines.

Whatever you think of AOG he does at least attend the thread.

[Zeuhl]

Still no convincing explanation why it would be acceptable to qualify an insult with someone's race any more than it would be to qualify it with a disability

[Svejk]

The 'race' questions are very old news. Dave sacked him years ago so why drag it all up again?
Anyway,he's been trying to make amends by helping the Fijians, apparently.

[New Judge]

As they used to sy in the forces "If you can't take a joke you should not have joined".

As I said in another thread (I think it was the Tiger Woods "Fried Chicken" nonsense), people need to become more robust.

[naomi24]

If you're black, no problem. If you're a bastard, no problem. If you're not a bastard, object.