I'm of the opinion, that while war is a terrible, bloody, awful 'shitty' mess of a thing, we humans are quite good at it. It has been one of the longest occupations of effort throughout history, and let's face it, science wouldn't be where it is today without a few wars to kick it up a notch.
Thats a simple rendition of what I think. Now, we all know how in the Medieval times it was considered a great honor and a point of pride when a man could state how many opponents his sword had felled or how that dent in his left leg was from when he escaped a group of mad housecarls. Then comes along this object that spouts fire and launches an iron or stone ball: the gun.
It is my opinion, that the gun took all the Romance out of war. Simple as that.
Now, then once guns became used by all, Romance came back and it was once again a good chosen proffesion for a civilized man. This continued up to the Great War, when things got to be just a mess of idiotic French Generals, and a new invention called the machine gun.
Once again a gun took all the Romance out of war.
Then after the Great War, things went on, military technology was only advanced so much by the British and French; while the Russians and Germans went at it with a new drive; providing us with the new and improved tanks of the middle century. Romance was back in a full metal jacket.
WWII was the last war of Romance, the last effort to keep some old chivalry in this degrading and dangerous proffesion. Then some genius goes and invents a bomb that can destroy an entire city: A-bomb.
Once again, a gun, or rather a big-ass bomb, took the Romance out of war. And it hasn't been back ever since.
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Thats a simple rendition of what I think. Now, we all know how in the Medieval times it was considered a great honor and a point of pride when a man could state how many opponents his sword had felled or how that dent in his left leg was from when he escaped a group of mad housecarls. Then comes along this object that spouts fire and launches an iron or stone ball: the gun.
It is my opinion, that the gun took all the Romance out of war. Simple as that.
Now, then once guns became used by all, Romance came back and it was once again a good chosen proffesion for a civilized man. This continued up to the Great War, when things got to be just a mess of idiotic French Generals, and a new invention called the machine gun.
Once again a gun took all the Romance out of war.
Then after the Great War, things went on, military technology was only advanced so much by the British and French; while the Russians and Germans went at it with a new drive; providing us with the new and improved tanks of the middle century. Romance was back in a full metal jacket.
WWII was the last war of Romance, the last effort to keep some old chivalry in this degrading and dangerous proffesion. Then some genius goes and invents a bomb that can destroy an entire city: A-bomb.
Once again, a gun, or rather a big-ass bomb, took the Romance out of war. And it hasn't been back ever since.
Opinions? Comments? Insults? Potato?
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