NEWS: Brutal Hazing - Kick the Comrade

CULTURE: Brutal Hazing - Kick the Comrade

Hazing rituals are usually a bit of harmless fun that people go through as a rite of passage. Sometimes they go a bit too far, like this case of a Russian soldier.

Holy fuck, what a bunch of cunts. The Russian army has had a history of "horrific bullying".

Add the fact these Russian soldiers are conscripts, and that they don't get any real pay and the whole thing is fucked up.

Not tremendously surprising.

The Red Army's been through some rough times. Twenty million dead in WWII. Being sent to the front lines unarmed and then summarily shot to death by their own officers if they returned.

Dudes are *hard*.

They also apprently don't forget that kind of stuff so easily.

Brutality begats brutality, ya know.

Does Hallmark make a "Sorry I ruined your legs and genitals" card? Cause that would smooth over any tension.

These conscripts must be pretty old! Hazing at 80?

PB, read my entire comment, ya big silly. It's not that much work, really.

It's a tradition of brutality.

I don't think the Russian army is the only one to have this kind of trouble. US, and UK have all had horror stories in the press, and the army seems able to ignore compelling evidence. We (the UK) had a case of a young soldiers death being classed as suicide even though he was shot twice in the head. The army trains people to kill, and as in society some of those people will be disfunctional. It happens, it is incredibly sad, but it reflects on society in general, not just the military, trying to ignore it is the worst thing to do.

Hazing is bad. Hazing is always bad. Any 'Good' that comes from hazing occurs in spite of the hazing, rather than because of it.

Moral of the story? Beating the shit out of the guy who might some day have to decide if he wants to risk his life to pull your wounded ass off a battlefield is a dumbshit thing to do.