Scribd, the website where anyone can publish their own documents, is an often overlooked resource. These documents can be, like, political-tirade pamphlets, unpublished (unpublishable) books, business-school homework, whatever. The whole boat-and-parade is like a rowdy, misfit Google Books. Check it out sometime. I’ve discussed Scribd before of course, but the specific case I’m going to make for it’s potential tonight is this:
Some hero of our time has posted a whole bunch of WW2 training manuals. And for those of us raised in the post-rollerblade era who probably thought Bayonet use was just a straightforward jabbing of a blade into someone’s chest, we were wrong. WE WERE DEAD WRONG. There is a spirit to the bayonet, and were we not so softened by goldfish crackers and the ergonomics industry, we would all be living each day as if it were the result of vigorous training. They were the greatest generation indeed.
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