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matt819

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1. I was thinking the same thing earlier today

Reply to dameatball (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2020, 07:14 PM

Jun 2020

Shield walls. Described at length in Bernard Cornwall’s Saxon Chronicles series, or as seen in The Vikings on tv.

And yesterday, when demonstrators called for “ “white shield.” We are a laughingstock.

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Just musing, re : Buffalo. Crowd control techniques haven't changed much in 1,000 years [View all] dameatball Jun 2020 OP

I was thinking the same thing earlier today matt819 Jun 2020 #1

Right.We all understand the technique, just seems like when it is used to confront our citizens dameatball Jun 2020 #6

Make that 2500 years. It resembles the Macedonian Phalanx, with batons instead of pikes. Marcuse Jun 2020 #2

Hard to imagine wielding a lance that long. I guess not dying would be a motivator. dameatball Jun 2020 #3

Phalanx. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #4

Oops. I see someone else beat me too it. nt tblue37 Jun 2020 #5

The point of the post was only partly about military technique. More about compassion for our dameatball Jun 2020 #7