And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Or, on second thought, don't.
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I wore some silly shit in the course of my life, but at least I never wore jodhpurs.
ReplyDeleteA Nazi Brownshirt, no?
ReplyDeleteFrench, most likely Legionnaire Cavalrymen, from the kepi.
DeleteHammer time.
ReplyDeleteThe original cargo pants.
ReplyDeleteFrench cavalry, left eyed too.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for someone to chime in on the purpose
ReplyDeleteExtra big pockets for yo-yos, penny candy, shiny rocks, etc
DeleteComfort, for anyone whose ass spends time in a military saddle.
DeleteDon't knock it until you've tried it.
No, definitely not French. Rather a Swiss soldier. Until a few years ago the Swiss Army wore jodhpurs/breeches.
ReplyDeleteThe hat was where my French guess came from.
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Deletehammerli pistol, I think.
DeleteThe Swiss-style kèpi is similar to the French headgear: close but not identical.
ReplyDeletePistol ?
ReplyDeleteYes- definitely!
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