Still, it can do no harm at all to reinforce those standards and practices which have served our military for so long and which is my basic point.
And do you have no idea how many turks got beaten up in Germany over the years.
Or how many civis in Aldershot.
Or how many Fishermen in Arbroath. Although to be fair both parties are just as guilty with that one and its certainly not always the fishermen that come off worst.
My worse personal slapping was in Monchengladbach due being miss ID'd as the sweat that had been shagging one of full screws wife's the previous weekend while they were out on exercise. About the only time I was glad to be out drinking with the recce mech's who did break bones. It was usually me stopping them hitting people.