Look folks, I have been reading these posts in reply to the original request for advice and I cannot believe the PC cop out that I'm reading. A bully doesn't change because you ignore him, that only encourages him. A bully today is no different than a bully of a thousand years ago.

As an adolescent I was bullied to a point. My father told me that you cannot walk away from a bully. A bully by his very nature will continue to antagonize someone that walks away, a bully is hiding his insecurity by bullying others and won't stop until he learns that his bullying will not be tolerated.

My father's advice was to take a baseball bat to the bully after I tried to turn my back on him and it didn't work. Once I introduced him to that bat a few things happened very quickly, first, that bully never bothered me and second the other bullies learned what could happen to them if they attempted to bully myself or my friends again. The name calling stopped and they learned respect.

I support Andrew's action and I'll bet that the loud mouth won't bother him again and will learn to respect a man in a kilt for the rest of his life.

Chris.