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2008-05-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Cowboys and Indians camp out across Germany

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Posted by mrp 2008-05-04 08:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Guten Morgen Pilgrim.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-04 10:56|| 2008-05-04 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 First it should be Bourbon not whiskey. Second: Why it has to be bad? Third: No real recreation of the west without a firefight with real bullets.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-05-04 13:54|| 2008-05-04 13:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Third: No real recreation of the west without a firefight with real bullets.

I dunno. This was the 19th century, so this was a rather rough period, and by definition, pionneers and frontiermen had to be rough guys, but the myth of the Wild wild west seems to be a bit hyped - cowboys towns were certainly a bit on the rowdy side, but still a far cry from today's third world slums (or even an US big innercity). More gun ownership than the modern USA, less murders, less gun crime.

See

The American West: A Heritage of Peace

An American Experiment in Anarcho-
Capitalism: The - Not So Wild, Wild West (pdf)

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-04 14:33|| 2008-05-04 14:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, yes, it was hyped to an extroidenary degree, Anony5089. The Kansas rail heads were a little rowdy during those months when the herds were arriving, but gunplay among the cattle drovers was pretty minimal. I wrote "Most murderous gunplay in cow-towns usually involved members of the professional gambling fraternity or local law enforcement professionals. On occasion, this meant the same body of personnel. These were small towns, any other time than the cattle-trailing season. People doubled up when it came to jobs." as part of this post about the Old West.

After doing a ton of background reading of contemporary 19th century memoirs - I have discovered that the post Civil-War frontier wasn't much like it was put about in B-movies and television. It was much more interesting and much more complicated.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-05-04 15:25|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-05-04 15:25|| Front Page Top

#5 HISTORY CHANNEL > WILD BILL HICKOCK > what made WILD BILL so formidable was, despite facing opponents wid more advanced gun tech that his, BILL ALWAYS STAYED CALM AND STEADY IN ANY GUNFIGHT = SHOOTOUT HENCE COULD AIM HIS SIMPLER-BUT-POWERFUL PISTOLS MORE ACCURATELY THAN HIS UNSTEADY OPPONENTS. WHEN BULLETS FLEW, BILL PROVED TO OFTEN BE "THE BETTER MAN" IN SERIOUS GUNFIGHTS. HE KNEW THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF HIS WEAPONS, AND KNEW WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO USE IT TO WIN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-04 20:11|| 2008-05-04 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 This goes back to Karl May's books from the 19th century. Ever since, Westerns have always been popular in Germany. They don't understand them, but they like them.

I guess that they like stereotyping us.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-05-04 20:51|| 2008-05-04 20:51|| Front Page Top

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