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Albatross wrote:Hmmm... I think it had more to do with the fact that you could be shot for cowardice in the face of the enemy. But still, grieving families SHOULD stop their whining about the death of their loved ones.


Idiot.

holy crap.. I hope it never happens to your family buddy...

Sarcasm, SARCASM! I was responding to this load of idiotic crap:

I voted WW1, before people got weak. More people died in an hour in WW1 than have died in the entire iraq/afghanistan war, and there wasn't nearly as much whining about it.

I have close friends who have served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, so obviously don't think grieving families should 'stop their whining'!
I thought the acidic tone of my post was enough to indicate that I was being sarcastic - obviously not.

nope, the phrase "idiot" was easly overlooked

Roman era, for sure.

WWI when war had a point, and conflicts were infantry supported by cavarly and new fangled tank machines,
also like Redbeard said people expected heavy casualitys and took it, where as now 3 guys die and it's like "OMG wes has 2 get them out of there!!!!" Plus WWII and Korea were the only wars after WWI that were handled acceptably by commanders


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You guys relize that by whineing Redbead meant all the anti war hippy shat, there is a differance about greiving and whining

Ancient History student (got a BA), specialising in Ancient Western Asian scripts. So while Sumerian and Akkadian were written and spoken, before the Hittites came.

Though I also like Ancient Greece. Just not as much as those wacky ancient Iraqis

I like history from around 1500-1800. After that it seems to be pretty boring.

I've always liked Middle Ages,especially wars that were fought in that time like Crusades,100 year war etc....

I love Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology

Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. (And surrounding periods).

Or really, just ancient China. You know, being part of my heritage and all that.

Ancient Greece. Their myths are just so awesome. Also, they have Sparta!

Gas light era. Sherlock holmes, etc.

Napoleonic. Having said that most of the others are pretty good too! Though there is just somehting about the thin red line versus the long blue column, and forming squares. Marching into grape shot etc.

CRUSADES!

Sengoku Jidai please ^^

High Middle Ages. Ancient greece a close second, but hey I grew up on king arthur stories, robin hood stories, knights in shining armor... all of which fed into my first hobby... old school first edition D&D.

Had to go with the Cold War. So much potential for the end of the planet, none of the other periods have come so close to wiping out the human race. Not the most exciting time, save for a couple incidents, but makes for great speculative fiction and other things of that nature.

Cold war! We beat the soviet ass (but then finally lost :( )

I would go with High Middle Ages, Holy Roman Empire FTW.

Ancient greece -- my absolute favorite....birthplace of democracy, modern civilization, logic, philosophy, and mathematics!

I plan to visit Athens, Delphi, Meteora, and Mykonos next June! Cant wait!

-- Seriously, the people that voted for Ancient Rome should just change their vote to Ancient Greece. If it wasnt for Greece...the Romans would never have progressed to the point they did. Basically all of their culture, ideas, mythology (or religion at that time), and technology came by way of completely ripping off Greece. Rome is a great big phoney!

Middle Ages, king arthur and all that but Victorian is tugging at me.

I like history generally but dislike the politics.

I also dislike american history, but not being american it doesn't bother me!

Victorian Era was kinda cool and it inspired Steam Punk in Our Era.
Or the antiquity of man kind...basically the time period of when civilization was making its first roots.

Ancient Rome.

My complete favourite by far.

Ballistas,Legions and Julius Caesar.
I don't know if playing Rome:Total War is an accurate test of command and bravery,but I could so lead a cohort to victory.

Plus science was so wonderous,simple steam engines and water wheels. A mind like mine would love it,I always liked little machines.

WWII of course.

A lot of people say they are sick about hearing about WWII, but the fact is that's why it's my favorite. It was a period of unification, clearly drawn lines of good and evil, and of technology and progress.

I voted Cold War.

The Foreign Policy by both the USSR and the USA, the Nationalism by both countries, The McCarthy Period...everything from that time intrigues me

I voted for Ancient Greece, but I'm tied between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Viking Age to the Crusades.

Although I am interested in history in general. Should have gotten that minor...only one more class for it...

The age of Vikings xD


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because... well... im swedish;D Glory to Loke the great trickster

If this was about warhammer40k, I would say Horus Heresy. but since this is real I say Roman times

Anceint Rome....considering I'm doing an A level in it