
January 9th, 2004, 04:24 AM
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Re: Favorite Star Trek episode
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Originally posted by Cipher7071:
Well, ya learn something new every day, I guess. I knew those old muskets were nowhere near as good as what we have today, but I never realized they were quite that bad. So the natives lost to fear and surprise more than they did to superior weaponry.
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And to the steel currais that the conquistadors wore, which deflected arrows and spears rather well. And then the belief (initially) that they were ancient gods returned.
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