the Bayonet in modern combat

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Re: the Bayonet in modern combat

Postby the O.G. » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:22 pm

Feebriel wrote:No, they try and make the suffering minimal in all cases if it's possible. That's the "moral" thing to do, and if we didn't do it that way then the UN would get all up in a huff about it and debate over it for three months while more important issues get left behind.

Either way, who cares? XP


Sorta like how you can't shoot someone with a 50 cal machine gun, but you can shoot the vehicle they're in and blow it up. Someone pointed that out in a movie.
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Re: the Bayonet in modern combat

Postby the O.G. » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:22 pm

Feebriel wrote:No, they try and make the suffering minimal in all cases if it's possible. That's the "moral" thing to do, and if we didn't do it that way then the UN would get all up in a huff about it and debate over it for three months while more important issues get left behind.

Either way, who cares? XP


Sorta like how you can't shoot someone with a 50 cal machine gun, but you can shoot the vehicle they're in and blow it up. Someone pointed that out in a movie.
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Re: the Bayonet in modern combat

Postby Liniya » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:31 pm

Yeah, like that. It's a silly notion, probably introduced in the Geneva Conventions, but eh, whatever, that IS a whole other discussion, one that I don't exactly feel like getting into. *Cough* XP
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Re: the Bayonet in modern combat

Postby bogusar » Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:37 pm

No need to open that can of worms. We have enough worms crawling around here as it is :lol: .

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