Gerard ROBIN wrote: > Le jeudi 24 novembre 2005 à 21:36 -0500, Josh Babcock a écrit : > >>Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: >> >>>On November 24, 2005 12:46 pm, MPCEE French Bureau wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Hello Gerard: >>>> >>>>You know, the favourite for all the historians is the Fairy Swordfish, or >>>>commonly known as the "Stringbag", carrying a Torpedo. As an afterthought, >>>>maybe the torpedo could be interactive, and then I could attack the Charles >>>>De Gaulle! >>> >>>This is exactly the reason why there should be no weapon in FlightGear. >>> >>>Ampere > > >>Yeah, really. I mean, attacking a US carrier seems sporting enough, but >>attacking those poor defenseless French sailors is just inhumane. >> >>Josh >> > > Hello Josh, > > I am getting surprised to know that attacking a US carrier seems > sporting, > virtual or real are sometime the same. > FG is not a "war game" that is for virtual. > In reality when the terrorists kill weeks after weeks US soldiers in > Iraqi , you think it is sporting. > I don't think so, i dislike to see these young men killed. > Sorry i don't share your point of view. > And thanks for the compliments, because we have some sailors very > popular, woman and man who demonstrate courage when competing on their > sail boat around the world. Sure they are defenseless against the > tempest. Sure the sea is often inhumane (some of them are missing). > > Cheers > >
Sporting means fair, as in it's sporting fight someone while they are standing, but it is not sporting to kick them when they are down. It's just an obligatory French military joke. We are obliged by law to make them here. Actually, I think that the French military is pretty competant. They just get a bad rap from typically getting into wars with slightly more competant armies (England, Germany, NVA). And then there was that Grand Armie thing that Napolean did. People always remember it when you start a land war in Asia in winter. Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
