Not sure I can quite connect with people that see reenacting war as a hobby. I heard a comedian the other day talking about just that. He proposed they use live ammunition. I say if they're going to do a decent reenactment then they ought to be raiding farmhouses, stealing food, raping women, and burning down stuff. I think these things tend to glorify war instead. War often brings out the worst in people and of course you can't exactly show that horrific part in some town's 4th of July celebration.

I think the sooner society stops celebrating the "gallant" battles of the past and instead reviles the necessity that brought them about, the sooner we'll approach a peaceful world.

Art