Tomahawk
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That's a great writeup, FM. (Although I would've used some other word than "capitalist", as a capitalist must have capital to risk...)
My simplistic notion of the effect of OC on criminals is that it is a filter; it prevents many crimes in most cases, but in a very few rare cases it may amplify the effects of crime. This would take a very desperate or unthinking criminal, and while it's theoretically possible I can't recall it actually happening.
BTW, America's first non-native unconventional soldiers, as far as I know, were Roger's Rangers, formed in 1755 as a company of backwoodsmen serving the crown against the French, and led by Major Robert Rogers. Given the wild frontier nature of the New World, it may go farther back than that. The type of unit known as "rangers" was common in both the king's and continental forces during the revolution, and as Southerboy says, in the CS army later on as well, and even a regiment in the Canadian army is descended from them.
That's a great writeup, FM. (Although I would've used some other word than "capitalist", as a capitalist must have capital to risk...)
My simplistic notion of the effect of OC on criminals is that it is a filter; it prevents many crimes in most cases, but in a very few rare cases it may amplify the effects of crime. This would take a very desperate or unthinking criminal, and while it's theoretically possible I can't recall it actually happening.
BTW, America's first non-native unconventional soldiers, as far as I know, were Roger's Rangers, formed in 1755 as a company of backwoodsmen serving the crown against the French, and led by Major Robert Rogers. Given the wild frontier nature of the New World, it may go farther back than that. The type of unit known as "rangers" was common in both the king's and continental forces during the revolution, and as Southerboy says, in the CS army later on as well, and even a regiment in the Canadian army is descended from them.