Ok, I see how it is...X(

I read it but I read it 4 years ago and I filled my mind with a shitload of other crap long after and in between.

If you would like Simon, you can go right ahead and tell us this author?

the funny thing was, back then when the war started people actually thought it was just going to be like a play or such, until they realized lots of men were dying (stupid fools who set up lawn chairs near others getting killed are bound to realize such things)

And once the North gained the upper hand after Gettysburg, they simply made it a war of Attrition following the southern army all over nipping at their heels the whole time. Not to mention most battles were around 1:1 in deaths for both sides, although a few were significantly more than that, like at Gettysburg. Then there were battles where MANY THOUSANDS died, like Shiloh. So all in all, I'm sure that despite that they thought it was going to be a short thing, it was actually a good thing. It taught Americans to tolerate each other. Otherwise I'm sure that some states would have broken off by now.

And war is good. Didn't you know? Heroes are made, villains are defeated. Children go without fathers, brothers or sisters or mothers or even homes. Hundreds of thousands are killed. what, 3 million men gathered to attack Normandy and invade Europe in ww2, several thousand died on the beaches. Heroes were made. History was made. War is the key thing to society today. How else can you imagine that we have the technology we have today? Companies make better and better tech to provide to their armies and while they're at it do the same for the people. What is useful for the people is useful for the army. Take the one up example, You and I are even with fists, so you pick up a branch, I pick up a rock, you pick up a knife, I pick up a sword, you pick up a bow and arrow, I pick up a crossbow, you pick up a musket I pick up a cannon you pick up an m16 I pick up an Barrett .50 Cal, you pick up a missile I pick up a nuke, etc. Eventually we realize the power of what we have in our hands and bring it back down because if you kill me and i kill you, neither of us win and WE WANT to win. We don't want to lose. So we decide lets bring it back down to where I have a better chance of winning and not killing myself.

Such is war.

Ben!

oh and Mace, by the time it matters, most bankers should have about 15-20% nw as ground.

assuming you're 1 mil nw, you have 150k ground. (unless maximizing income, then 100k) They should be able to take on another banker in a war, with support from another attacker. IE, attacker takes out most ground then leaves the banker exposed to the other banker who can then raid him.

Naglfar - Unleash Hell

if you're Paul and sKoE is the stripper...whose the walrus? Can I be Frank? Surely you're kidding...about me being death...

Wait, hold on Cougar. Insulting someone is ignorant? well then, if that's the case then you must be a VERY VERY gay man! and by gay I mean happy and by happy I mean gay!

Two things certain in life, death and taxes. Pick your poison. XD

Ironically, an atheist believe's in something. What do you believe in Ehawk?

I consider myself agnostic, there's a god or greater being out there somewhere but hell if I know what or who it is. In the meantime I agree with your last assessment, that I respect life and death from an atheists' viewpoint (I move back and forth between atheism and agnosticism and christianity. I blame the weirdness of my life. A damn on/off switch is what it is.)

I actually have been killing, but the majority of deaths from the recent earthquake in Haiti has caused a death overgrowth to occur leaving me with more souls than I want. So I'm on hiatus atm. But I'm sure once I'm back from hiatus you'll be first to go

right now, I'm just poking random people who died with a dull butter knife. I wanted a giant sharp one, but alas. Maybe I'll look in my closet and bring out my machete and hockey mask. That always gets a kick during the company Halloween party