Re: look out! long-haired gun loon!
michael k teehan (miketeehan@worldnet.att.net)
Sat, 20 Dec 1997 06:20:42 -0500
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> From: michael k teehan <miketeehan@worldnet.att.net>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: look out! long-haired gun loon!
> Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 7:37 PM
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> > From: Michael Lorrey <retroman@together.net>
> > To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Subject: Re: look out! long-haired gun loon!
> > Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 6:21 PM
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> > Dwayne wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > > It's amazing how the Cold War, the nuclear era, was one of the most
> > > > peaceful periods in Europe's entire history. It still is peaceful,
> > > > apart from some fringe areas like Yugoslavia that don't have
anything
> > > > more advanced than primitive artillery, and a bad distribution of
> guns.
> > >
> > > I think that phrase should read "was one of the most peaceful periods
> in
> > > Europes entire history *since the Roman Empire*. Peaceful periods in
> > > Europe tend to not last a generation, Europe was at peace for quite a
> bit
> > > longer than that in the first couple of centuries AD.
> > >
> >
> > I don't know if we know enough about martial conditions at that time to
> > develop a good opinion. Of course, I would still think that it is
> > entirely possible, as the ROman's combat tactics allowed them to
> > overpower the less well developed people's of Europe, and technologies
> > like advanced steel, architecture, etc were state and guild secrets.
> > --
> > TANSTAAFL!!!
> > Michael Lorrey
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> >