Re: [FT] (LONG) The Balance of Power -- Fighters and a Defense

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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, David Griffin wrote:

> 
> --- Shawn M Mininger <smininger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...
> > Way back in history...there was a terrible weapon
> > called the crossbow.  This one weapon changed the
> > face
> > of warfare.  Suddenly, a relatively untrained
> > footman
> > could take down the best Knight!!!!  Did everyone
> > just
> > start complaining and stomp thier feet and threaten
> > to
> > 'tell Mommy'? 
> 
> I bet they did actually. They probably railed at
> it as underhanded, just like the submarine in WWI.
> It's in the nature of people to complain (me anyway).

In fact, they got the pope to forbid it as not christian.
 
Cheers,

   Derk
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