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

[Peter]

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.

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)

[Sir C]

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)

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

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

[eastgermanautos]

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

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

I have a soft spot for Quebec. Quebeqoise girls are not bad. French, mind, and yet physically robust because they live on the frontier.