There's a certain mindset in the grognard crew...

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Post #145,335

by inthane-chan

3/10/04 2:30:33 PM

There's a certain mindset in the grognard crew...

(Quickie definition - Grognard == wargamer) that the German army was something to be respected.

I've never quite understood this fascination myself.

"I'll stop calling this crew 'Orwellian' when they stop using 1984 as an operations manual." - J. Bradford DeLong

Post #145,339

by deSitter

3/10/04 2:37:53 PM

Strangely..

..their won-loss record is lousy. The Hessians got their asses thoroughly kicked at Trenton without killing a single Colonist, changing the course of the American Revolution. Napoleon I ran circles around them and the Austrians, the Franco-Prussian war was ultimately a draw, and we know the rest.

In terms of a football analogy, the Germans are "Air Coryell", and tend to lose by scores like 42-38 - if you kill enough of them they will eventually stop making suicidal charges.

-drl

houghtful commentary on gibsons movie, the Passion - (boxley) - (58) - March 8, 2004, 10:12:16 PM EST

Ever see 'Dogma'? - (drewk) - March 9, 2004, 12:38:48 AM EST

More - anti-Jew stance still a winner - (deSitter) - (56) - March 9, 2004, 06:37:58 AM EST

interesting point made - (boxley) - (1) - March 9, 2004, 09:06:38 AM EST

Ah, the Bush technique of selecting press questioners. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - March 9, 2004, 10:00:40 AM EST

I think you've flipped. - (Nightowl) - (12) - March 9, 2004, 11:56:08 AM EST

C'est l'eau de Saint Louis -NT - (pwhysall) - March 9, 2004, 12:02:01 PM EST

Demur - (Ashton) - (10) - March 9, 2004, 06:44:12 PM EST

Did that help, Owl? -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - March 9, 2004, 07:28:57 PM EST

Re: Did that help, Owl? - (Nightowl) - (1) - March 10, 2004, 01:54:16 PM EST

The french means, more or less - (hnick) - March 10, 2004, 02:11:57 PM EST

Sorry Ashton, - (Nightowl) - (6) - March 10, 2004, 01:57:50 PM EST

Re: Sorry Ashton, - (deSitter) - (3) - March 10, 2004, 02:16:34 PM EST

You forget, Ross - (Nightowl) - (2) - March 10, 2004, 02:24:10 PM EST

Fair enough - (deSitter) - (1) - March 10, 2004, 02:28:44 PM EST

Okay - (Nightowl) - March 10, 2004, 02:41:38 PM EST

There's a certain mindset in the grognard crew... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - March 10, 2004, 02:30:33 PM EST

Strangely.. - (deSitter) - March 10, 2004, 02:37:53 PM EST

That's a crock, de - (cwbrenn) - (40) - March 15, 2004, 03:24:08 PM EST

read the book, :-) and got a question for ya - (boxley) - (2) - March 15, 2004, 03:34:51 PM EST

I did, in fact. - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 03:37:47 PM EST

good review - (boxley) - March 15, 2004, 04:03:20 PM EST

Re: That's a crock, de - (deSitter) - (32) - March 15, 2004, 03:43:59 PM EST

Re: That's a crock, de - (cwbrenn) - (25) - March 15, 2004, 03:54:57 PM EST

ignore - (deSitter) - March 15, 2004, 04:08:55 PM EST

Re: That's a crock, de - (deSitter) - (22) - March 15, 2004, 04:08:15 PM EST

It wasn't intended to - (cwbrenn) - (21) - March 15, 2004, 05:18:32 PM EST

That wasn't my experience - (Nightowl) - March 15, 2004, 05:24:15 PM EST

But Gibson has a thing with violence - (deSitter) - (19) - March 15, 2004, 05:34:19 PM EST

Perhaps, but existence is not always obsession - (FuManChu) - (8) - March 15, 2004, 06:44:09 PM EST

Re: Perhaps, but existence is not always obsession - (deSitter) - (7) - March 15, 2004, 06:55:09 PM EST

Violence in theatre is different - (cwbrenn) - (6) - March 15, 2004, 07:29:59 PM EST

no the movie was something he wanted to do - (boxley) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 07:37:20 PM EST

"Get Job!", the movie - (deSitter) - March 15, 2004, 07:57:31 PM EST

Re: Violence in theatre is different. Addendum - (Ashton) - (3) - March 15, 2004, 08:17:13 PM EST

So then... - (cwbrenn) - (2) - March 15, 2004, 08:24:20 PM EST

It's always less risky to shoot dead messengers___:-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 08:28:11 PM EST

LOL. Well writ! -NT - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2004, 08:38:19 PM EST

So what? - (cwbrenn) - (9) - March 15, 2004, 06:58:45 PM EST

Ah, now that's a question, then. - (pwhysall) - (7) - March 15, 2004, 07:10:02 PM EST

Re: Ah, now that's a question, then. - (cwbrenn) - (5) - March 15, 2004, 07:13:43 PM EST

You answer wisely, young Jedi :) - (pwhysall) - March 15, 2004, 07:14:43 PM EST

Forgetting DK? -NT - (FuManChu) - (2) - March 15, 2004, 07:59:30 PM EST

No, not forgetting. - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 08:08:20 PM EST

They are derivative -NT - (deSitter) - March 15, 2004, 08:10:45 PM EST

On hardcore... - (pwhysall) - March 16, 2004, 01:27:28 AM EST

Black Flag, The Ramones, Richard Hell, Souxie -NT - (deSitter) - March 15, 2004, 07:46:16 PM EST

Reminds me of Scratch Acid - (altmann) - March 15, 2004, 07:52:27 PM EST

Re: That's a crock, de - (pwhysall) - March 15, 2004, 06:50:49 PM EST

Re: That's a crock, de - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2004, 05:19:46 PM EST

Sorry, I keep responding piecemeal. - (cwbrenn) - (4) - March 15, 2004, 05:27:34 PM EST

It's very simple - (deSitter) - (3) - March 15, 2004, 05:37:11 PM EST

Sure... a degree of sensitivity, yes - (cwbrenn) - (2) - March 15, 2004, 07:02:12 PM EST

No they were plotting to kill an upstart rabbi - (boxley) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 07:11:58 PM EST

Re: No they were plotting to kill an upstart rabbi - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2004, 07:14:27 PM EST

Good to see you! - (pwhysall) - (3) - March 15, 2004, 06:48:27 PM EST

Thank you! - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 15, 2004, 07:03:31 PM EST

Excellent... - (pwhysall) - March 15, 2004, 07:08:24 PM EST

Ditto.. and a small dot.NYET, .NIT re page: - (Ashton) - March 15, 2004, 07:36:56 PM EST

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