Originally posted by xREAPERx
god neubob i think he ment reinacting the battles to preserve history not to hurt jewish feelings i'm southern but u don't see me asking whos houses and children they burn and kill to simulate the northern brutality in the civil war calm down man don't have a heart attack
Well, Reaper, that's your perogative, and I'm not getting offended as a Jew. I'm also a Russian and I know that he re-enacts as a Russian soldier as well as a Nazi. I just find the whole concept slightly impossible to understand. There are guys out there that cringe, or hit the deck every time they hear a starter pistol go off, still unable to get over the PTSD from decade's past, and yet you've got this population of 'preservers of history' who put on costumes and replay some of the crappiest moments ever endured by humans. Afterwards they have cold drinks and go home.
And if they want to preserve history, why not preserve all of it. It's not all just fun and games on the battlefield with soldier killing soldier. There's a lot more to history, a lot of stuff that less glamorous. If they're gonna preserve the battles, they should also preserve the other behavioral patterns of that particular historical bulletpoint. Rape, genocide... All that good stuff I mentioned earlier. Unless, of course, they want to preserve history selectively, at which point their preservation becomes purely vain and completely devoid of credability. The preservation then becomes nothing more than playing war--only with historically-accurate costumes. Personally, I prefer paintball. It does less to mock the death and suffering, and adds an element of athletecism... But that's me.
I'm glad he has a good time doing it. I have a good time making fun of something I think is sanctimonious. We all have our hobbies. I just don't have all the spare time and a dog to act as my side kick.
