From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 29 19: 4:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D6337BAD6 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:04:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Received: from acp.swbell.net ([209.184.1.212]) by mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FS700GFOSHEC1@mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:03:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (noslenj@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acp.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA00989; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:43:38 -0600 (CST envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:43:38 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD"] In-reply-to: <20000329133624.5372F37B55A@hub.freebsd.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, cjclark@home.com, ragnar@sysabend.org, mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: [snip] >1776: > British Army: muskets and cannon. > Revolutionaries: muskets. You should probably add to that, the mortars, frigates and lancers for the British of that time. > not too inequal > >1999: > British Army: tanks, arty, rifles > Revolutionaries: rifles. You should also add the squad machine guns, mortars, C4, Apaches and Claymores for todays British. > ouch. > > trying to fight against a combined arms unit with only rifles >is a real bear. Most of the tactical weapons are useless in a guerrilla action, which is why there will always be men in the mud. With greater odds, Victor Charlie cleaned our collective clock. Logical assumptions get you killed in a fight, no matter which side you're on. -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message