Comments on: Will to Resist https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/will-to-resist/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Alien https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/will-to-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-2103058 Alien Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:42:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37265#comment-2103058 So, it appears that Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statement, “Firstest with the mostest” was correct.

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/will-to-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-2100935 Adar Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:19:06 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37265#comment-2100935 Unconditional surrender types of victory as was the case in WW2 are not the norm. Most conflicts are settled by negotiation.

]]> By: Toddy Cat https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/will-to-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-2100756 Toddy Cat Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:51:57 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37265#comment-2100756 “recent experiments in the laboratory of real war substantiates the view that the paralytic effects of firepower erode quickly over time”

WWI would seem to confirm this. Soldiers at Verdun, the Somme and the Argonne came to treat as “normal” a level of shelling and danger that would have stunned their civilian selves. C.S. Lewis mentioned that he was “awed” when he first heard the sound of the guns in WWI, but he soon got used to it.

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