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Old July 3rd, 2012, 10:48 PM
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Default Re: The Joys of Overzealous Mods
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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker View Post
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Gonna need proof of that there mister.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/blog.php?b=438

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Watch, in a couple of years some unit is going to be wiped out by a bunch of fuzzy wuzzies with spears.
Ive been wondering where the reoccurring claim was coming from also...
Hmmmm..... I doubt very much that he has come into contact with Hadendoa natives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadendoa
so Id suspect the more common source of Rudyard Kiplings poem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy-Wuzzy
which praised them for breaking the famed British bayonet square using nothing but spears.
Seems like a reasonable grognard reference to the conversation that was going on.
A little bit "noble savage" style condescension, but certainly not malicious or overtly detestable.
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