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Article #93842

Re: GalCiv Demo?

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From: Bret Ripley
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 18:14
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In article <foqk8v824etg65i5n...@4ax.com>, 
br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
> On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:13:53 +0100, Memnoch
> <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:44:01 +0100, Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>In article <69bd8v458mvtbt77q...@4ax.com>, 
> >>>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
> >>>> comstar <com...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> >Bret Ripley wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> In article <b5vjto$6ru$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, un...@mindspring.com
> >>>> >> says...
> >>>> >> > how soon?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> <MarathonManMode>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Soon.  Very soon.  So soon you wouldn't believe it.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> *BZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE*
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> No, not soon.  Not soon at all.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >    I saw that same line used at the latest colation briefing in Quatar
> >>>> >about the war in Iraq.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >I take it to mean you havn't got a clue either. Pity.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hey, be fair.  They didn't "wargame" the "enemy" fighting back.
> >>>
> >>>Maybe they blew their whole budget on marketing?
> >>
> >>I just want to know how they hope to win the "hearts and minds" of the
> >>"enemy" when they can't even win the "hearts and minds" of their own
> >>"electorate".
> >
> >Not only that but slaughtering the very people you are trying to win over
> >doesn't help. And slaughtering the people you arre slaughtering those people
> >with as well. If I was a Brit squadie and was told to get on an American
> >chopper now I'd tell 'em I'd walk to Basra!
> 
> Is the world not perfect then? That's a terrible shock.

Yeah, Mem.  Next time put in a Spoiler Warning.

Bret
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From: Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim
Subject: Re: GalCiv Demo?
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:14:44 -0800
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