Originally posted by Kweassa
In the end it is the existence of the 'specific individual' that makes the difference between the Brewster and the B-25, Toad.
I wouldn't have gone so far with this crappy subject, if only some people haven't started using your father's honor as the reason to shut someone up. Like you said, everybody's got their reasons.
Unfortunately, some people believe they've found a "holier-than-thou" reason than most others, and started using it to make people who don't want the B-25 (for down-to-earth reasons) look like a disloyal, unhonorable, selfish person who only wants his own fun, instead of honoring a hero.
Kweassa , I generally pay attention to what you have to say, but in this case you are so far off base I can't believe it's you saying it.
If a reason for wanting the 25 is to honor a player's father, then so be it. That to me is far more motivation then wanting some uber ride for the latewar again.
To suggest that makes it 'holier-then thou' to have that motivation is just silly. Funny, the reason I want the 39 too is that I know a P39 pilot who I have a great deal of respect for. To get a chance to 'fly' that bird would be a great experience for me, as it might in some small way give me a feel for what he went into combat with.
Would escorting Toad's dad in an AH B25D strafer give me that same sort of feeling? You bet. Again, it's why I'm torn between the two. The history is what makes me play the game, trying to imagine something I've spent my life trying to learn more about and understand.
So please get off your soap box and quit type-casting us for thinking this way. If that makes me holier then thou, then you better get used to it, cause that's what drives me to play.
If you feel guilty because I said that was a reason I wanted the plane, then that's your problem. Get over it.
