Historical Figures Battles Round I, Part 2

[Mousefire]

I can't decide :/

[Hatari]

^_^ Samurai...

Swords > Guns.

[Fayt Zelpher]

Hmm. Well, I don't know who the Japanese guy is, and Revere was important in my country's history...

VOTE: Paul Revere

[BK-201]

Paul Revere never shouted the "British are coming!" What the crap is this? If he was idiotic enough to do that then truly the samurai gets the win.

[NinjaMonkey]

I'll give you a clue as to who I voted: I'm British... >:)

[Chalis]

Shouldn't it be, "the regulars are coming" ?

[Hatari]

I think the winner of this is clear...

Where is Sashi?

[HongLei]

I don't really have an opinion I'm Japanese and American umm ... I know who revere is he didn't do much but I recognize the name

[Mousefire]

Shouldn't it be, "the regulars are coming" ?

yes

[AstraLunaSol]

SASHI

[shroudening]

Miyamoto Musashi.

[Integrity]

Paul Revere.

The British came for the Japanese and had guns.

The British came for AMERICA and WE had guns.

[El Rey León]

Paul Revere is heavily mythologized. He never ran down the streets yelling "The British are comming!"

Miyamoto Musashi OTOH really was That. Damn. Awesome.

[Integrity]

I've heard about one of them. He obviously did something right.

Of course, I'm an uncultured unwashed redneck Yank, so what do I know?

[Ϲharlie]

Paul Revere is heavily mythologized.

So is Miyamoto Musashi.

Anyway, I'm going to do something different and vote for Paul Revere.

[HongLei]

Next should be Lenin and mao the 2 major communist country creators (the word democracy is still banned in Chinese chatrooms)

[Hatari]

So is Miyamoto Musashi.

Anyway, I'm going to do something different and vote for Paul Revere.

that was...unexpected to say the least. Wow, sashi...it was almost disappointing...voting for paul revere...shame on you!

Edited March 19, 2010 by Hatari

[El Rey León]

So is Miyamoto Musashi.

True, but a lot of Musashi's myths weren't myths at all. For example, his famous duel with Kojiro went down exactly like it is said.

Paul Revere's famous Midnight Ride is heavily glorified, most due to Longfellow's poem. The real man is pretty different from how he's taught in grade schools.

[riariadne]

So is Miyamoto Musashi.

Anyway, I'm going to do something different and vote for Paul Revere.

Shame on you, disgracing your own namesake. Shame.

You know what. I don't think I have to say. Go look yourself, it's a public poll.

Also, Paul Revere wasn't even the only rider shouting "the regulars are coming!", but there's only one of MM.

[Nightmare]

One of Megaman?

[riariadne]

^Noooo, one of Mickey Mouse. [/sarcasm] One of Miyamoto Musahi.

[Ϲharlie]

True, but a lot of Musashi's myths weren't myths at all. For example, his famous duel with Kojiro went down exactly like it is said.

Paul Revere's famous Midnight Ride is heavily glorified, most due to Longfellow's poem. The real man is pretty different from how he's taught in grade schools.

Paul Revere may be heavily glorified, but saying that Musashi's duel with Kojiro beforehand strikes me as a bit contradictory. There are precious few actual historical documents regarding Musashi's most famous duel. Much of what is known about it comes from later writings such the Nitenki, which is not only biased but has also been shown to be unreliable at points. The waters are further muddied by the innumerable fictionalized accounts of the duel, such as Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi (which is an excellent book by the way).

[HongLei]

Here is a link about William Dawes the other guy who rode with revere

here is a poem about how glorified revere is