I am halfway through watching the excellent Ken Burns documentary on the US Civil War

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Lord no. What about Agincourt? Waterloo? Proper battles, between proper armies, about proper issues. Not grubby little untrained oiks firing pop guns at each other and missing. Rubbish.

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Slaughter in record numbers, Sir C. Plenty of claret.....

I dont think you can define 'proper issues' solely as wanting to vanquish the french (noble though that may be)

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Originally Posted by Peter

Slaughter in record numbers, Sir C. Plenty of claret.....

I dont think you can define 'proper issues' solely as wanting to vanquish the french (noble though that may be)

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Yes, but look what they've ended up with. They fought a war for that? :hehe:

No, the whole continent is best ignored, I would say.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis' American Trilogy, Johnny Cash, the Zac Brown Band? Certainly, these are charming consequences of whatever local unpleasantness the Land Of The (Un)Free put itself through. The details of this conflict seem to me, though, immaterial in all respects.

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Hang on. I’m pretty sure I remember you dressed up in a Confederate uniform once, you massive racialist.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Hang on. I’m pretty sure I remember you dressed up in a Confederate uniform once, you massive racialist.

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:shrug: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

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Originally Posted by Ash

The same can be said for any economy dependent on low labour costs. One of the reasons this country has flat-lined on productivity is that there is no incentive to develop more efficient capital when there is an inexhaustible supply of cheap, imported labour.

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Hmmm. That argument is effectively countered by the Industrial Revolution, though, a.

We were unprecedentedly inventive whilst also paying the workers fúck all.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

:shrug: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

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That’s right. There was a rather unfortunate moustache involved, wasn’t there? :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Burney

That’s right. There was a rather unfortunate moustache involved, wasn’t there? :hehe:

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Was there? I don't remember a moustache. It was over 10 years ago, I believe. The sword was good.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Was there? I don't remember a moustache. It was over 10 years ago, I believe. The sword was good.

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Yes. You grew it special, I think.

Could you have done any damage with the sword?

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. You grew it special, I think.

Could you have done any damage with the sword?

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Could you two take your homosexualist semaphore to a private board. I'm sure the damage his 'sword' would have done to your a'hole would have been considerable b.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. You grew it special, I think.

Could you have done any damage with the sword?

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Really? I have no memory of such a growth. Surely a stick on one would have been easier.

The impetuosity of youth, I suppose.