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"Honor in battle"? OMGLOLGB2WOWL2PNOOBBBQWTFROFL :-D
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Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-12-22 12:16:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Le Badass
While honor is generally a joke in Eve, it apparently does exist on real battlefields - At least when two civilized nations fight each other:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/wings_of_an_angel_m7W8NXNsFsgsqcf5YKPGzO/0

EDIT: Headline spelcehck :)
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#2 - 2012-12-22 14:55:13 UTC
You could get more attention for the article if you had not drunk-typed your Thread Title.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-12-22 15:34:24 UTC
It wasn't drunk typed, but a stab at the, sometimes rather childish, jargon which has become so gucci in the Eve-crowd..
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2012-12-22 15:35:59 UTC
Le Badass wrote:
It wasn't drunk typed, but a stab at the, sometimes rather childish, jargon which has become so gucci in the Eve-crowd..


That's certainly true.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
stoicfaux
#5 - 2012-12-22 15:46:04 UTC
Since we're on about grammar, shouldn't it be "honour" given the nationalities involved?

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-12-22 15:52:58 UTC
A fascinating read i must say.

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Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-12-22 17:48:53 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Since we're on about grammar, shouldn't it be "honour" given the nationalities involved?


I don't think it matters much, given this: http://grammarist.com/spelling/honor-honour/
Or what do you mean?
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#8 - 2012-12-22 18:32:26 UTC
Le Badass wrote:
While honor is generally a joke in Eve, it apparently does exist on real battlefields - At least when two civilized nations fight each other:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/wings_of_an_angel_m7W8NXNsFsgsqcf5YKPGzO/0

EDIT: Headline spelcehck :)



CIVILLISED ! !! ...excuse me but your calling a nation that gassed in excess of 5million CIVILLISED ? (in the 40`s)


sorry but ....no !
Le Badass
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-12-22 18:37:05 UTC
Where do you come from, Jason?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2012-12-22 18:51:59 UTC
Le Badass wrote:
Where do you come from, Jason?


I don't know but he's stinking up all the threads today even in OOPE.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882