Yes it matters, he implied that all those who joined the army grew up on council estates. How narrow minded is that!
If someone said " All pilots went to boarding school and were regularly b***ered by the house master" maybe that would get some complaints but is that any different to his assumption at all squaddies grew up on council estates.
A good bloke he might be, according to some on here, but as I said, that comment sullied my opinion of everything else he had to say. I grew on a council estate but if someone tried to use that fact to judge me then they wouldn't get far.