| bc1745 | 24 Jun 2015 4:27 a.m. PST |
Just received the July copy of Wargames Illustrated and an article on the 95th Rifles. A phrase on page 96 caught my eye and now has me worried…. ' …..the riflemen occupying an adjacent area called the sandpit molested the gunners, disallowing them to fire….' Molested? Really? How do we game this?
Are there suitable Minatures available?
Is the incident a war crime? Poor writing IMHO
Bc1745 |
 Jeff Ewing  | 24 Jun 2015 4:32 a.m. PST |
It sounds like a translation; 'disallowing' is odd also. Of course 'molest' in the sense we use it today is a euphemism similar to 'assault,' 'interfere with,' or 'outrage' -- the dictionary definition is one thing, the usage another. |
Sho Boki  | 24 Jun 2015 4:34 a.m. PST |
Gunners used sandpit as toilet? |
| MajorB | 24 Jun 2015 4:52 a.m. PST |
Gunners used sandpit as toilet? Don't be silly! |
| matthewgreen | 24 Jun 2015 7:00 a.m. PST |
Weak editing too. But then nobody has time for proper editing these days. |
| Zargon | 24 Jun 2015 7:30 a.m. PST |
Can't take those riflemen anywhere :D |
| The Beast Rampant | 24 Jun 2015 7:52 a.m. PST |
Regardless that "molest" has been pretty much co-opted as a synonym for "inappropriate touching", that just SOUNDS wrong. |
| redbanner4145 | 24 Jun 2015 8:51 a.m. PST |
How did the gunners feel about that? |
| Prince of Derekness | 24 Jun 2015 9:12 a.m. PST |
"Show me on the bricole where the Bad Man touched you" |
| Murvihill | 24 Jun 2015 9:13 a.m. PST |
Now we know what Sharpe REALLY did at the battle of Waterloo. |
| Winston Smith | 24 Jun 2015 10:46 a.m. PST |
They could also be "amusing" the gunners. |
| Porthos | 24 Jun 2015 11:14 a.m. PST |
Amusing the gunners ? Ah ! The amusettes ! (;-)) (see other thread…)
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paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
