Subject: RE: |SKML| What MegaWar? Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:31:06 -0500 From: "Rudnicki, Edward J." Reply-To: swatkats@PEAK.ORG To: "'swatkats@PEAK.ORG'" >>One could argue against World War status only in that it was not fought >>worldwide, but it certainly involved enough major powers. > > Okay, good point. I'm corrected again. > It still doesn't make Jake's point any less ridiculous. If the French >and Indian War was a world war, don't you think that at least a hundred >years of historians would attempt to establish that? Actually some do, usually when trying to make a point. Like Jake is doing here ;-) Historiography is the study of how history changes over time.... And since we're on this topic, next Wednesday is "Veteran's Day", originally called Armistice Day, for it was at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 that the armistice which ended the Great War (as it was called then) went into effect. Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of the SWAT Kats, . for they well armed and destined to win. Do not meddle in the affairs of our Commander, . for he has a blaster and knows how to use it.