Re: [LoGH] Babylon 5 vs Galactic Empire
Theo Ching (farlandr@msn.com)
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:48:21 -0800
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From: Hank Wong
>I would compare the situation to that of the American Revolution. The
British fought the "gentlemanly" way and considered the targeting of
officers to be barbaric. But the colonists, who needed every
advantage they could get, would occasionally target British officers when
there was a good opportunity to do so. Similar concept in the American
Civil War, where the South would deploy snipers to take out Union officer=
s
>(I think the Union did this as well, tho to a lesser extent.)
Union General Sedgewick: "What are you afraid of? Those Rebs couldn't=
hit an elephant from this dist---" =20
^_^
Speaking of the snipers, I saw Enemy at the Gates over the weekend: Aw=
esome war movie! Lots of parallels with LoGH. Maybe too intense for a l=
ot of ppl, but nothing one used to the edgier animes can't handle. ;-)
Theo
