From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Oh. I saw it on CNN and turned it off immediately. British. That makes > sense. They used to do something short of that in their public schools > (seriously). Hopefully things have civilized up a bit. I doubt those soldiers were public schoolboys. Btw by "something short of that" did you mean fagging? or beatings by schoolmasters? or beatings by prefects? Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html