Comments on: For Queen and Country http://cominganarchy.com/2006/06/28/for-queen-and-country/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:35:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joshua http://cominganarchy.com/2006/06/28/for-queen-and-country/comment-page-1/#comment-107376 Joshua Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:08:59 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1989#comment-107376 This certainly sounds like a winning, erm, proposition for the SAS lads. Serve Her Majesty, service her subjects. This certainly sounds like a winning, erm, proposition for the SAS lads.

Serve Her Majesty, service her subjects.

]]> By: Justin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/06/28/for-queen-and-country/comment-page-1/#comment-107272 Justin Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:09:25 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1989#comment-107272 That reminded me of a passage from "Jungle Patrol":http://www.bakbakan.com/junglep.html _"The Line complained bitterly that so many men had been killed by defective shells that the men were afraid to fire their rifles, the Staff countering tartly with the suggestion that the line see that the men kept their arms clean and in serviceable condition. All of which was obviously to be traced back to an idle afternoon in the rain when Major Wise had filled some dozens of pulajan shells with dynamite. Official reports of the day mention the finding of dead pulajans lying beside their shattered rifles. "_ That reminded me of a passage from Jungle Patrol

_”The Line complained bitterly that so many men had been killed by defective shells that the men were afraid to fire their rifles, the Staff countering tartly with the suggestion that the line see that the men kept their arms clean and in serviceable condition.

All of which was obviously to be traced back to an idle afternoon in the rain when Major Wise had filled some dozens of pulajan shells with dynamite. Official reports of the day mention the finding of dead pulajans lying beside their shattered rifles. “_

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2006/06/28/for-queen-and-country/comment-page-1/#comment-107266 Curzon Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:26:28 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1989#comment-107266 Fascinating strategy -- and spot on commentary by Dan. Fascinating strategy — and spot on commentary by Dan.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://cominganarchy.com/2006/06/28/for-queen-and-country/comment-page-1/#comment-107256 Dan tdaxp Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:43:16 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=1989#comment-107256 Compare to these present stories <a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2006/06/27/ap2844387.html" rel="nofollow">Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps </a><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32632" rel="nofollow">Gates gives 500 hookers smart cards </a> By recognizing a natural market and exploiting it, Her Majesty's forces and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation achieved their goals. Instead of attacking the market in puritanical fury, they used market mechanisms to (a) defeat terrorists and (b) stamp out disease. On the opposite side of the social engineer scale, an American politician wishes to further distort and hide a market. In the even that terrorists (possible) or diseases (definitely) would use prostitutes as a vector, they would be that much more difficult to fight. Compare to these present stories

Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps Gates gives 500 hookers smart cards

By recognizing a natural market and exploiting it, Her Majesty’s forces and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation achieved their goals. Instead of attacking the market in puritanical fury, they used market mechanisms to (a) defeat terrorists and (b) stamp out disease.

On the opposite side of the social engineer scale, an American politician wishes to further distort and hide a market. In the even that terrorists (possible) or diseases (definitely) would use prostitutes as a vector, they would be that much more difficult to fight.

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