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To: Pelagius of Asturias

The hoplos was the Greek hoplite’s shield, the most distinctive part of his armament, and perhaps the only part other than a spear affordable by the poorest members of the phalanx. The hoplites were “shieldmen.”

It seems odd to name a fear of guns after a defensive weapon.


7 posted on 12/01/2008 8:06:24 AM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan
"..a defensive weapon."

Which, as everyone here knows; handguns are fundamentally defensive weapons.

10 posted on 12/01/2008 8:24:57 AM PST by Designer (We are SO scrood!)
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