Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:13:26 -0500
From: Kit Mason <kit at hers.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Strong, Lee" wrote:
>
>         No, dear lady, you are confusing small arms or side arms, long arms,
> and field pieces.  In addition, "the stuff you trip over at Gettysburg or
> Masasses" is obsolete and is of interest to historical collectors only.
> Further, your estimaable spouse is confusing toys (dueling pistols) and
> fictional items (anything to do with Mr. deGriz) with serious weapons.  If
> you're interested in this subject, I highly recommend _Black Hawk Down_ --
> sort of _Starship Troopers_ with an all human cast.

Lee, I know the difference -- I was twitting Steve because he mentioned
to me a while back a duel in which the choice of weapon was not sword or
pistols but 'armies'.  As far as whether it's obsolete -- if it still
works, it counts for me.  (I still know my basic swordplay from grad
school, when I studied tai chi sword.)  I've both read and seen _Black
Hawk Down_, and I think it's a damn sight better than _Starship
Troopers_ in more ways than I can count.

Cheers,
Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kit Mason [mailto:kit at hers.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:00 PM
> To: WSFA members
> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .
>
> Steve Smith wrote:
> >
> > "Strong, Lee" wrote:
> > >
> > >         Among my peer group, a 45 is a small caliber sidearm.  /s/ Lee
> on
> > > the Right
> >
> > Sheesh!  What would be a *large* caliber sidearm?  A 50 caliber dueling
> > pistol?  Slippery Jim deGriz's 75 caliber recoilless?
>
> Musket.  Goose gun.  Cannon.  Field artillery pieces.  You know, the
> stuff you trip over at Gettysburg or Manasses...
>
> Kit
>
> --
>
> kit at hers.com
> Kit's Concatenation:  http://concatenation.blogspot.com/
>
> "Don't you know by now that Nietzschians hold the truth in high regard?
> So high,
> in fact, that we're extremely cautious about how it's employed." -- Tyr
> Anasazi

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So high,
in fact, that we're extremely cautious about how it's employed." -- Tyr
Anasazi