Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:43:38 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <noslenj@swbell.net> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, cjclark@home.com, ragnar@sysabend.org, mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003291834410.935-100000@acp.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20000329133624.5372F37B55A@hub.freebsd.org>
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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
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