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Carno · 01-06-2006, 09:06 PM

Cost cutting like this is NOT new, not at all. While maybe more prevalent with this admin (who really knows anyway), it is definitely not exclusive to them. It happens and will continue to happen until the end of time.

I mean shit, why do you think we went with Sherman tanks in WW2? Because they were the best? Hell no. We went with them because we could pop them out quickly and cheaply. How many hundreds of tankers do you think lost their lives in WW2 because we didn't want to pony up for better equipment, like the Germans and later on the Russians had?

And that's just the first thing that came to mind. I could probably name off a bunch more if I really tried.

01-06-2006, 09:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	Cost cutting like this is NOT new, not at all. While maybe more prevalent with this admin (who really knows anyway), it is definitely not exclusive to them. It happens and will continue to happen until the end of time. I mean shit, why do you think we went with Sherman tanks in WW2? Because they were the best? Hell no. We went with them because we could pop them out quickly and cheaply. How many hundreds of tankers do you think lost their lives in WW2 because we didn't want to pony up for better equipment, like the Germans and later on the Russians had? And that's just the first thing that came to mind. I could probably name off a bunch more if I really tried. __________________ http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/ Last edited by Carn; 01-06-2006 at 09:09 PM..