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

Heh heh actually, you are correct, if I remember my
history correctly, The Pope declared the crossbow so
dangerous, that it was sure to end war.  We saw how
well that worked heh hehheh.

--- Derk Groeneveld <derk@cistron.nl> wrote:
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> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, David Griffin wrote:
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> > --- 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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Thank You,

Shawn M Mininger

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