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I don't think it's geographical. That is, I think it is a swear word everywhere that English is spoken, but casual use in TV and movies since Clark Gable astonished everyone by uttering it in 1939 has made it an extremely mild one for most folks. I would say extremely religious people take it seriou...

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Maybe there aren't any actual 19th century humans involved in the Civil War; it is entirely being fought by different groups of time travellers, each trying to sway the future while avoiding anachronisms. In the meantime, the actual damnyanks and johnny rebs are all down at the pub somewhere, wonde...

Aris Katsaris wrote: Other than that, calling it "The War of Northern Aggression" is more than saying he has sympathy for the South. It's also a declaration on what *he* feels was the moral character of the war. And that attitude may coincide with some (hopefully few) Southern folk, but I doubt you...

On 2002-04-19 23:46, IICV wrote: "It wasn't much of a fight," reports Major Thomas Woodrow, the commander of our troops -- "they're more like our quartermasters than enemy cavalry. Some of them can hardly sit on a horse. As they were running, one of them was actually whipping his horse and screamin...

OK, we have Will, Harry and Stu guarding the cigars. For those who are worried about Stu's crack about the "War of Northern Aggression," don't worry. The Professor isn't trusting any of them more than he has to. Notice the cigars are inside his force field. Rikk, Kath and Shanna are infiltrating Was...

I've just finished rereading the whole thing, from start to finish, over about three weeks, and I have to say I may have been unduly harsh on Alisin. I also think the person who said something about her not being there for Rikk when Clara was dying, and Rumy having to comfort him, was also unduly ha...

On 2002-04-19 19:09, T Campbell wrote: Yes. And yet you didn't replace it with "darn," as the other moderator did. I believe by that inaction you were showing that there are degrees of "swearing," and that "damn" is a very mild swear word indeed. In fact, I'd say that "darn" is just plain silly, at...

On 2002-04-19 16:14, wish wrote: I just want to step in and say: NO BASHING OF THE NEW ARTIST. Well, that was why I came back and changed the comparison from Rob Liefeld to Jim Lee. I wanted to point out that it's a jarring difference, and while I may come to like it, it's not my favorite style -- ...

On 2002-04-19 18:54, KingLeon wrote: Eh... why is there a southern paper in DC? Because Washington was essentially a southern city that happened to be the capital of the north. Weird situation. D.C. was located smack dab between Virginia -- which housed the Confederate Capitol at Richmond -- and Ma...

Looking over my post, it may have seemed unduly harsh. While Liefeld's name is a joke today, it wasn't that long ago that he was the darling of the industry, pulling down a seven-figure income and doing jeans commercials. While I've never personally been a Liefeld fan, I chose him as the most famous...

I see what could be some great line work there, and he seems to have a good grasp on facial expressions (I especially like the work he did on Harry). However, the whole thing looks like it is covered and smudged by dirt. To me it is too messy and uneasy on the eye. I think Mr. Revell suffers from w...

At the beginning of "Chord of the Rings," Jackie was 17 and Will was 21. (So why is he acting like he's practically her father? I'm seven years older than my wife, although I'll admit that when we met she was 29, and there's not as much difference between 29 and 36 as there is between 17 and 24, and...

nyarlahotep said: Now, I'm going to against the flow and say that I like Andrew Revell more than Jason Waltrip. Right now, I couldn't disagree more, but then right now my opinion isn't fair to Andrew, since I almost always initially hate a new artist who takes over or guests a comic. Right now, he'...

Loxley wrote I find it interesting that Stu is among those defending the cigars. I want to know what the Professor was about to say when they were interrupted. "No unnecessary tampering. Besides, he -- " Besides, he -- what? The Professor knows that Stu is important in some way not apparent to Will...

Another alternate history book that deals with a different Civil War is "A Midsummer Tempest," by Poul Anderson. It's set in an AU where Shakepeare is the Great Historian, and every word he wrote is true. This not only means that Oberon and Titania of Faerie exist, but that there were cannons around...

I'm interested in your story. If it's the early 1870s, are the Republicans still in control? Because they still would have wanted to end slavery. The argument within the party was whether to do so gradually or just try to pass a law abolishing it all at once -- with most favoring the latter. Lincoln...

Maccabee said: Fun fact: Joseph Pulitzer was not literate in English when he joined the Union Army. Well, considering he was a 17-year-old Hungarian who was recruited in that country and brought here for the express purpose of serving, that's hardly surprising. He was literate in both Hungarian and...

T said: Not too much is in the comic about where the Fans are actually from. But for the record: Rikk, Katherine, Meighan, Tim, and Shanna are all from the urban South. Stu and Guth are from the deep South, though Guth grew up actively resisting his environment. Ah. This explains a lot. Coming in l...