I actually felt a little bit insulted by Adamson's insinuation that if girls don't fight, or want to fight, then we're no good. Making sandwiches? How is that
not offensive to those thousands of moms who take care of their children and, horror upon horror, want to feed them? My mother has been a stay-at-home mom for 24 years, and she's one of the strongest people I know. Just because she isn't in the armed forces or something doesn't make her a traitor to her sex or even mean that she doesn't care about her country.
As long as there has been war, there have been women who bravely endured. Mothers who cared for their children on rationing and with fears that the enemy could kill them or that their husbands would come home on their shield. Women who worked as nurses, and even worked on the field as the battle raged. There were women who protected the home, in fact it was standard in medieval times for women to have complete control of the keep when their husbands were at war and they were expected to make sure the castle was well defended (now doesn't that sound like something Susan would be happy to do?). Just because a woman doesn't march into battle doesn't mean she isn't essential to winning the battle. And it infuriates me that Adamson, and the rest of the PC brigade, doesn't seem to realize this.
Yes Lucy went to battle. With the archers. Archers who are away from the thick of battle. It makes absolutely no sense to head into a night raid expecting one on one fighting with just a bow and arrow unless you're some super-special elf with lightning reflexes (and even Legolas had his knife - and yes, that is singular Peter Jackson). If you're going to have Susan use her bow, let her use it
properly with a large group of archers (as some of the previews show).
OK, that's a bit of a rant. That interview just...
Alright, I'm calm now. maybe I should eat something, it's past dinnertime...[/i]
The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1
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