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Removed these:
- 17th May '12 7:10:07 PM Mitchell TFAdded line(s) 21 (click to see context) :*** Nah! He was referring to the irony of the Noghiri getting rid of him!27th Mar '12 7:47:11 PM gwerndisagree about thrawn interpretationAdded line(s) 19 (click to see context) :*** Huh? There's nothing Thrawn-like clever about your bodyguard sticking a knife in your chest. Thrawn was referring to the scheme for tricking and effectively enslaving the Noghri!
Blatantly ignoring the requests not to turn pages into Thread Mode and Conversation In The Main Page is back in style, huh? Maybe Fast Eddie should re-instate that message asking people to cut down on the natter.
Edited by TrevMUN
Patton is probably not a good example. Patton was a master of mass war and proponent of directly going for victory through overwhelming force: aesthetics is the opposite of what he stood for as a general. Concern with elegance on a personal level is a different story.
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
"Some goddamn fool once said that flanks have got to be secure. Since then sonofabitches all over the globe have been guarding their flanks. I don't agree with that. My flanks are something for the enemy to worry about, not me. Before he finds out where my flanks are, I'll be cutting the bastard's throat."
- In Real Life, General Patton was one of the best swordsmen in the world, and always wore ivory handled revolvers. Arguably what he liked about war was the aesthetics of strategy rather than the act of producing widows and orphans.
This is a general comment rather than an example:
- Some level of aestheticism in fighting is necessary; good technique tends to look good and work well. It can be argued that whether one settles for "good enough to work" or whether one strives for "as good as can be" is what differentiates between a fighter and a martial artist.
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