From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:27:25 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Kit,
	My apologies.  I run into so many WSFAns who don't know the
differences that I automatically offered advice without knowing that it was
unnecessary.  The cultures of some fans of science fiction and fans of
militaria are **so DIFFERENT**.
	A friend of mine claimed that _Black Hawk Down_ was similar to
_Starship Troopers_ because the low tech Somali mobs attacking the
numerically inferior high tech Americans and Paks resembled van Verhoven's
Bugs attacking the M.I.  "Bugs, Mr. Rico!  Zillions of them!  I'm'a burning
them down!"  Heck!  The Rangers even refered to the Somalis as Skinnies...!

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Kit Mason [mailto:kit at hers.com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:13 AM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .

"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 Masasses" is obsolete and is of interest to historical collectors only.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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"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