Red Versus Blue

[PrinceOfLeigh]

The re-enactment of the battle will be held between a blue and a red team, rather than Britain versus France, in order not to offend the French.

Admiral Lord Nelson's great, great, great granddaughter on Monday said that was "political correctness" and "pretty stupid".

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A good idea or political correctness gone mad?

 

[The Last Conformist]

It's just stupid.

 

[stormbind]

Madness. They weren't all French anyway, it was a joint Spanish-French fleet ultimately answering to Napoleon.

 

[Panzerking]

Ridiculous, this politically correct liberalism must stop.
Question: When have the French ever been worried about offending the British?

 

[ComradeDavo]

It's pointless (the whole re-enactment that is).

Whether it's red vs blue or Britain vs france I don't care.

 

[stormbind]

Ridiculous, this politically correct liberalism must stop.
Question: When have the French ever been worried about offending the British?

And do not forget the beady-eyed Spanish

 

[stormbind]

It's pointless (the whole re-enactment that is).

It is an opportunity to play games with a load of rare tallships, but as a reenactment it will fail because Nelson ordered close combat: ramming ships and synchronized broadsides, which just cannot be portrayed in a re-enactment!

 

[Marla_Singer]

Before this thing turns out to be another French bashing thread, people must be aware that French people are participating to the comemoration of the battle of Trafalgar. I think it's pretty fair play from the French side, don't you think ?

 

[WickedSmurf]

A good idea or political correctness gone mad?

Madness deluxe.

 

[CoolioVonHoolio]

i thought you were talking about THIS its where people play halo while talking over it. its funnny. "best laid plans" under videos is the funniest.

 

[fe3333au]

Who actually proposed the Red/Blue team idea ... a politician, the Brit Navy or some minder?

 

[FriendlyFire]

Why cant they just do more WW2 re-enactments instead ?

 

[Plexus]

Didn't we already have this thread?

 

[fe3333au]

I wonder if this becomes the norm if there will be arguments over which colour is assigned the various nation teams

 

[CurtSibling]

Red Versus Blue

Totally preposterous!

 

[Grisu]

that makes me think of a maneuver we did the last time I server my annual military duty. In that scenario Germany was at war with Italy, but for political reasons we couldn't call them that. Instead they used "Northland" and "Southland"

 

[kronic]

And who won?

 

[nonconformist]

Eh, doesn't matter.

We'll even the score at Scapa Flow.

 

[fe3333au]

Just thinking do they use paint guns which are colour coded to keep score?

 

[Evil Tyrant]

Before this thing turns out to be another French bashing thread, people must be aware that French people are participating to the comemoration of the battle of Trafalgar. I think it's pretty fair play from the French side, don't you think ?

Things didn't go so well for the French the first time they "participated" at Trafalgar.