At 12:03 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>Now youre forcing us to think, Mark. Unfair.
>
>Doug (warless for the moment)
How very Canadian!
>On 22-Apr-09, at 9:56 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
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>>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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