"That principle is contempt prior to investigation." R #320
I'm painfully aware of it.
Problem is, it's a two-edged sword.
The posted topic is:
How to handle confrontational liberals.
This may seem like me reading tea leaves.
But the word is "confrontational". That almost always they're not seeking a POV, but attempting to impart one.
And it is so cliche' great men have already commented on it:
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Winston Churchill
"Right out of the gate, you compare the rate of fire of the original Minute Men to that of a rifle our soldiers used over sixty years ago." R
I don't recall the date of the original M-16's deployment to the field.
But my comment addressed the M-16-A1, and I'm not sure that was in standard issue U.S. military combat service in 1958. I suspect that was more likely the M-1 Garrand, or the M-14.
In any case, do you have a rational reason for objecting to my using progress as a reason?
An exchange of views such as that between you and me here in this thread, that's fine.
But confrontational persons are different. You and I agree, open-mindedness IS the solution.
BUT !!
YOU being openminded does not necessarily open theirs.
"It seems you are implying that the modern unenrolled militia would be forced to use muzzleloaders." R
- nope -
"I realize you know better, but the[n] why mention the disparate rates of fire?" R
It's more than just one example of a virtual infinitude of changes that have over the centuries transformed our world.
It's an actual numerical quantification of it. I'm not quibbling over 3.71%
Today's U.S. military infantryman has a firepower advantage over a Revolutionary War troop of over 270 to one.
That's orders of magnitude more fire-power than the muzzle-loader toters had.
The notion that a disorganized, untrained bunch of beer-drinking misfits could defeat a well trained, well prepared professional army is preposterous.
In addition, such impromptu infantry / guerilla fighters would mainly be of use against an infantry invasion.
And that's a scenario which is absolutely astronomically unlikely !!
The next world war may be over in 4 minutes.
It's a new millennium. The notion that our civilian cohort is a more reliable national defense than our standing full time professional military is beyond laughable. The blunder of preparing to re-fight the previous war is cliche' blunder.
Read up on Stuxtnet, and other cyber-war details before you imagine an untrained infantry will preserve our sovereignty. Against whom? Irritable Canadian ice hockey fans ?!
"Finally, how can one describe an internet post as overly zealous?
You can determine tone from written words?
Most can't." R #320
It's difficult for me to reply to a direct question in the abstract.
If you post my reply by quoting my exact posted words, and then repeat the exact posted words I responded to, I can hope to make sense of it for you.