On America:
Yes, we are a violent gun obsessed culture. I don\'t particularly see this as all that bad. Statistically it\'s a drop in the bucket compared to the fact that we\'re a car obsessed culture. Dying in a car accident, or being hit as a pedestrian is what you should be worrying about statistically speaking. This applies no matter where you live.
Please don\'t confuse ignorance with stupidity. The first is ostensibly easier to correct.
On pole-arms:
Technically, a spear is a subset of pole arms. I would probably consider there to be four different pole-arm fighting skills depending on whether it was optimized to being used for stabbing, swinging blade, swinging hammer, or pulling to dismount riders. Also, tactically most of the longer pole arms require formations to use effectively, which is another seperate skill from fighting out of formation
On vegetarianism:
I was a vegetarian for two years, and while I agree that it would probably be environmentally, and economically beneficial for everyone to switch over. I found it to be incompatible with being a Type I diabetic and controlling my blood sugars.
There are environmental niches where meat raising is possible where crop farming probably wouldn\'t be without a lot more cheap labor ( hillsides where terrace farming is not easy ).
I never really got into the issue from a moral standpoint. I mean, I don\'t think about swatting flies or eradicating cockroaches. Life is cruel sometimes. Should we care about every life equally?
On things I hate:
Polemicism, fanatacism, and zealotry.
Ultra-nationalism. Anti-ecumenicalism.
