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minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish62•10 months agoTIL “quartering troops” means giving them shelter, not cutting them into four pieces… makes much more sense now!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•10 months agoLet’s not be hasty here. We haven’t explored all the pros and cons of drawing and quartering the troops yet
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•10 months agoPro: don’t have to pay veteran benefits Con: hard to get people to enlist
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoPro: it’s fun Con: soldiers will catch on and they’re heavily armed
TIL “quartering troops” means giving them shelter, not cutting them into four pieces… makes much more sense now!
Don’t do that either.
Let’s not be hasty here. We haven’t explored all the pros and cons of drawing and quartering the troops yet
Pro: don’t have to pay veteran benefits
Con: hard to get people to enlist
Pro: it’s fun
Con: soldiers will catch on and they’re heavily armed
Where will we get enough horses?!