Now youre forcing us to think, Mark. Unfair.
Doug (warless for the moment)
On 22-Apr-09, at 9:56 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> OK, taking up my own challenge. Surprisingly, I found myself with a
> lot to choose from. In no special order,
>
> The Opium Wars--my kind of drug war.
> The Davidic Philistine War--foreskins, anyone?
> The Great Mutiny--most lurid propaganda
> The Golden Horde--need I say more?
> The Rough Wooing--Henry VIIIth's charm crusade
> The Children's Crusade--early birth control
> The Bay of Pigs Invasion--gotta love the CIA
> The Pilgrimage of Grace--I've always liked that one. Who was Grace?
> The Maori Wars--because they didn't kill all of them
> The War with the Newts--because it didn't happen
>
> If I did this again later I'd probably come up with a different batch.
>
> Assuming that everyone's taste in bloodshed is different, I await
> other lists.
>
> Mark
>
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