At 05:07 PM 9/19/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
I don't recall the American revolutionaries herding children before them to clear minefields, nor surrounding themselves with children as human shields.
The yank minutemen were not above taking children as soldiers, any more than Dan'l Boone was above taking a 14 year old as a wife.
At 8:12 PM -0700 9/20/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
The yank minutemen were not above taking children as soldiers, any more than Dan'l Boone was above taking a 14 year old as a wife.
That's more a definition of "adult", than anything else. If they're old enough to blee-... Oh, forget it... Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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