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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (419627)12/26/2011 1:11:39 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
I am ammo rich, but so are the wealthy. The comments remind me of the lines in "Braveheart." Robert the Bruce tells William Wallace that the poor Scots are willing to fight the British because they have nothing to lose. Basically, no skin in the game. Ol' Mel Gibson, in a rare sober moment, says, they risk their lives. That is everything to lose.

It was one of the historical moments in the mostly fantasy movie. Bruce changed sides at least twice. He was from a powerful Scottish family, but he had large land holdings in England and was also a nobleman of that country. His wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, was the daughter of most important Peer in England. Like the bankers, he wasn't totally on the side of Scotland all of the time.
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