Re: Hitler
Infantry Corporal IIRC. Got his dose of some nasty war gas down in the trenches, even, and narrowly missed getting shot too.
A valid point. But how come you're in all seriousness making statements about the Achaemenid military system that might as well have originated from it, then ?Originally Posted by Adrian II
I fail to 'get' the 'point' here...3. this is the Monastery, not the Backroom
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Re: Hitler
The point is that sarcasm (i.e. bitter, caustic comment) has no place in the Monastery.
Helpful or critical prose is the rule. If I feel that I have to be emphatic, I say it in a song (#24) or something, but I do not ridicule my opponent. Unlike the Backroom this is a public part of the forums. People come here to get answers and to post or discuss interesting historiographical tidbits, not to get slapped upside the head and be treated like an idiot.
The bloody trouble is we are only alive when we’re half dead trying to get a paragraph right. - Paul Scott
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