Charlie Hetherington (p_chan5@hotmail.com)
Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:07:00 CST
>Well that is the problem, the GW boys aren't confused about war
>they fully well know that all you need to win a war is a Gundam. I
>think the very idea of an invunerable-super-robot defies the horror
>and confusion of war.
Yeah but remember that one time when the Gundams in Wing almost got...oh
wait...
>Not to mention the video game violence of Gundam Wing, you fly
>all over the place, and hit the fire button a lot. That to me isn't war
>I don't even really consider it fighting.
In all reality though, modern war isn't much more than pushing buttons is
it? <static> "Locked on target, firing AMRAM missle." <pause> "Target
destroyed!" or "Hey that little country with no vowels in its name is
attacking our ally!!!!" ...later..."BOOM!!! Hooray for nuclear warheads!!"
We haven't fought a true surface war since Vietnam. Gulf War did have its
battles but not on the scale of 'Nam.
-Charlie
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