Re: CEV a Step Backwards
- From: "Katipo" <hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:27:57 +1300
> No, the stupid die. Being brave doesn't keep you from dying. Ask the
> Ethiopians who bravely charged Italian machine guns back in the 1930s.
> Oh, wait. You can't. They all died (bravely) while accomplishing
> nothing.
>
Is this really bravery? Presumably the Ethiopian troops knew that if they
did not charge they would be shot by their own leaders for disobeying
orders. Therefore they figured it was better die a hero than a coward!
.
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