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Medieval Sherwood forest or Mordern day Afganistan?
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Where does Robin Hood get his endless supply of arrows as he is a fugitive on the run. Surely he can't just walk up to the local Quill maker, and smelter. No the Sheriff is a lot smater than that.
So it got me a wondering. Is there an international arms dealer funding this 1st type of guerilla warfare? Maybe the arrows were imported from the Arabic states as these were alot more adept in the art of war during this period. Almost equivalent to a role reversal of the superpowers today and recent history, fighting in dogged, skirmish like conflicts like the Vietnam and Afganistan wars which could never be won.
Robin Hood is a man of the people who still lives in our minds today as a kind of medieval matyr.
This matrydom being at the epicenter of the conflicts in the middle east is there ever going to be peace whilst there is a western presence there? But all said, we all sit there on a saturday evening all cheering at Robin Hood and his merry men, not the Sheriff? Is this not a lesson to be learnt?
Discuss.
So it got me a wondering. Is there an international arms dealer funding this 1st type of guerilla warfare? Maybe the arrows were imported from the Arabic states as these were alot more adept in the art of war during this period. Almost equivalent to a role reversal of the superpowers today and recent history, fighting in dogged, skirmish like conflicts like the Vietnam and Afganistan wars which could never be won.
Robin Hood is a man of the people who still lives in our minds today as a kind of medieval matyr.
This matrydom being at the epicenter of the conflicts in the middle east is there ever going to be peace whilst there is a western presence there? But all said, we all sit there on a saturday evening all cheering at Robin Hood and his merry men, not the Sheriff? Is this not a lesson to be learnt?
Discuss.
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Good Lord.....
I would go with 4getmenot on the merry men making the arrows, they can't be sitting around making merry all day... that's just not on, it's lazy.
Now as far as the war stuff goes I haven't a clue, don't know enough about war, I'd rather make love. But perhaps you have a point and it's all a devilsly fiendish Taliban plot? It could happen.... honest guv ;0)
I think we cheer on Robin Hood cause he's got smouldering eyes and the sheriff has evil, beady eyes. Beady eyed characters are not to be trusted y'know....
And a serious answer (not that all the above aren't deadly serious), I doubt there will be peace in the middle east with a Western presence as both cultures have too many nutjobs trying to force extremist opinions down the others throat. It's like a meeting of Jehoova's (sp) witnesses and satanists... ain't gonna work. However, we caused half the mess and we should at least attempt to keep the peace so looks like we need to stay a bit longer. I think it would be more chaotic if we left.
I'm off for a lie down now... my head hurts.
I would go with 4getmenot on the merry men making the arrows, they can't be sitting around making merry all day... that's just not on, it's lazy.
Now as far as the war stuff goes I haven't a clue, don't know enough about war, I'd rather make love. But perhaps you have a point and it's all a devilsly fiendish Taliban plot? It could happen.... honest guv ;0)
I think we cheer on Robin Hood cause he's got smouldering eyes and the sheriff has evil, beady eyes. Beady eyed characters are not to be trusted y'know....
And a serious answer (not that all the above aren't deadly serious), I doubt there will be peace in the middle east with a Western presence as both cultures have too many nutjobs trying to force extremist opinions down the others throat. It's like a meeting of Jehoova's (sp) witnesses and satanists... ain't gonna work. However, we caused half the mess and we should at least attempt to keep the peace so looks like we need to stay a bit longer. I think it would be more chaotic if we left.
I'm off for a lie down now... my head hurts.
The Medieval arrow, like its present day descendant, consisted of three parts: the stele (shaft), the arrow head, and the fletching (feathers). But, not just any feathers were acceptable: Medieval archers preferred the pinion (flight) feathers of the bird's wing. The most commonly used feathers were from the grey goose: "These were tough, durable, cheap and in plentiful supply". There were three feathers to a shaft, fixed by "binding, adhesion, or a combination of both" As for the stele of the arrow, up to fourteen different woods were used. They included brazil, birch, oak, and ash. But ash was the best for war arrows since it was "both swifter and heuier, is more fit for sheaafe arrows."
Any archer who was worth his salt would be very adept at making his own supply of arrows as they were generally made specifically to suit his bow. Only in times of war were mass-produced supplies shipped in from village�s as during this time, quantity rather than quality was the essence.
Any archer who was worth his salt would be very adept at making his own supply of arrows as they were generally made specifically to suit his bow. Only in times of war were mass-produced supplies shipped in from village�s as during this time, quantity rather than quality was the essence.
King, a better analogy might be the Charge of the Light Brigade of which occurred 152 years ago today. That act of - some say courage - mindless abandon was apparently due to poor military intelligence and a lack of clarity in orders.
Their�s not to reason why, their�s but to do or die.
China, sorry to disappoint, but you were right the first time. I will not say.
Their�s not to reason why, their�s but to do or die.
China, sorry to disappoint, but you were right the first time. I will not say.
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