Sean writes:
Steve said:
> >a weapon originally developed to
> >kill people in plate armour, but gradually modified as armour fell out of
> >use because too many armored men were being killed by assholes with
> >rapiers.
I always assumed it was assholes with guns
No, this is definitely pre-guns. The English longbow could punch
through plate armor.
rone
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{Reagan's} presidency always reminded me of a remark made by a woman to
Heywood Broun following Secretariat's victory in the Triple Crown. After the
trauma of Vietnam and Watergate, she said, Secretariat had "restored her faith
in humanity." I like to think Reagan was the Secretariat of the eighties.
- Garry Trudeau