Bullying? Beheading???

This Yahoo news article caught my eye. Under the headline 'Tower of London Beefeaters Suspended for Bullying' is this lede:

LONDON – Women faced their share of trouble at the Tower of London, including three queens who were beheaded there. But treachery has long been considered a thing of the past at the notorious 11th century fortress. At least until now.

Um, are they really comparing 'bullying' with 'beheading'? There is a pretty steep difference between the two, no?
If charges made Monday are true, the Tower — a popular tourist attraction and home to Britain's Crown Jewels — will add bullying to the list of foul deeds committed there. The victim: the first woman selected to join the all-male ranks of the Tower's yeoman warders, popularly known as "Beefeaters."
Ah. Ok then. I'm certainly not in favor of bullying and I hope that the woman from the article, Moira Cameron, is able to work there without problems. Having said that, I don't think you can really hold executing Queens against the current lot. Orders and all that.
But. . . I guess it got my attention. So the writers have that going for them.

(Suspended how? The Tower has some gristly history of that sort of thing too...)

Comments

Alfred T. Mahan said…
*sighs*

I can't even comment on this story. It's too depressing in so many ways.
8:27 PM
Peder said…
I probably should have sub-titled this: Andrew-bait.
9:01 PM
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