Question Of The Day

[mYth]

How would the world today be different if there were no guns?

:?:

All I have to say to that is......"I need guns. Lots Of Guns."

 

[Swearengen]

A world without guns is pure fantasy.

The world has been and always will be shaped by the strongest weapons (a club, a spear, a bow, a knight, a cannon, a rifle, a tank, etc.). The most technically proficient cultures throughout history have stomped the shit out of the other cultures (eg: Egypt>chariot, Greece>phalanx, Rome>legionnaire, Mongols>mounted archer, western european nations>knight, England>ship of the line, Germany>blitzkrieg, Japan>aircraft carrier, US>industrial might). Until other cultures could duplicate their advance and/or tactics they got their asses kicked.

Single-man portable guns were the first item adopted that could truly act as an equalizer against armored knights. It gave a relatively untrained man the ability to kill a highly trained and armored knight at a cost effective rate. Equipping and training 50 gunners was done in about 1/10th the time and money of equipping and training 10 knights. Plus, you could use peasants as the expendable gunners----so you didnt have to pay them as you would the upper class knights and men-at-arms of the day. Medieval armies began equipping pikemen with guns slowly at first, but as steel development leapfrogged they were able to manufacture more effective guns until the gun's power and reliability made a knight no longer worth the cost.

In other words, the gun is only the latest development to make the individual soldier more powerful.

If guns weren't adopted/invented we'd still be armed with something-----

OR...we'd all still be fuckin serfs. Amen. And yes, I'm hammered.

 

[Sortitout]

A world without guns is pure fantasy.

The world has been and always will be shaped by the strongest weapons (a club, a spear, a bow, a knight, a cannon, a rifle, a tank, etc.). The most technically proficient cultures throughout history have stomped the shit out of the other cultures (eg: Egypt>chariot, Greece>phalanx, Rome>legionnaire, Mongols>mounted archer, western european nations>knight, England>ship of the line, Germany>blitzkrieg, Japan>aircraft carrier, US>industrial might). Until other cultures could duplicate their advance and/or tactics they got their asses kicked.

Single-man portable guns were the first item adopted that could truly act as an equalizer against armored knights. It gave a relatively untrained man the ability to kill a highly trained and armored knight at a cost effective rate. Equipping and training 50 gunners was done in about 1/10th the time and money of equipping and training 10 knights. Plus, you could use peasants as the expendable gunners----so you didnt have to pay them as you would the upper class knights and men-at-arms of the day. Medieval armies began equipping pikemen with guns slowly at first, but as steel development leapfrogged they were able to manufacture more effective guns until the gun's power and reliability made a knight no longer worth the cost.

In other words, the gun is only the latest development to make the individual soldier more powerful.

If guns weren't adopted/invented we'd still be armed with something-----

OR...we'd all still be fuckin serfs. Amen. And yes, I'm hammered.

stop getting all your information from Age of Empires, we've all played that shit!!! there's better ways to get an education although mangudai and turtle ships pwn :lol:

 

[Swearengen]

ROFL---I'm going out of books, but Ive played that too.

That's just historical facts causing the game to be made that way. Man, I didnt even think of that til you posted...LOL.

 

[Intro]

Maybe we should take Chris Rock's advice and just charge 5 grand per bullet.

 

[Sortitout]

Maybe we should take Chris Rock's advice and just charge 5 grand per bullet.

wat so only the rich assholes can pwn us??!?!? :shock: :x

 

[Intro]

So you hafta REALLY want to shoot somebody.

If you took a bullet, you'd probably deserve it anyway.

WE'RE ALL SERFS.

 

[Machiavelli]

Maybe we should take Chris Rock's advice and just charge 5 grand per bullet.

wat so only the rich assholes can pwn us??!?!? :shock: :x

We have a reloading tool and all of that so we can make our own. We'll sell 3 grand a bullet.

 

[Swearengen]

WE'RE ALL SERFS.

Yer that overcoat-wearin depressed guy at parties aint ya??

 

[Hetfield14]

if we had no guns we'd use fucking swords n' shit, fuck the bullshit, it's all about conan the barbarian in this bitch

 

[Swearengen]

Master: "Conan, what is best in life?"

Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, to hear the lamentations of the women."

With deep thoughts like that, how come he's not a good governor?