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Subject: Commanders' sayings
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 19:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 19:49:00 1984
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All these people who know no history.  Tragic.  In French there is a
saying "mot de Cambronne" after a French general who, when surrounded
by the British, was offered a chance to surrender.  His one word reply
was, of course, "Merde".  He and all of his men were killed. Personally,
I find such "heroism" quite stupid, much preferring the chance to fight
again in the future (if I have to fight at all).
Oh yes, Napoleonic wars.
-- 
	Nigel Sharp   [noao!sharp  National Optical Astronomy Observatories]