Re: new license plate ideas anyone?

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

At 12:56 PM 10/13/1998 ,  Phil Rose was inspired to say:
>  Yeh, good to be, um, hesitant on that one. My recollection is that this
>  term was invented specifically to describe the vicious German air/ground
>  strikes against civilian targets in WWII. Ask Phil Payne if the word
>  "Blitz" evokes any sense of warm nostalgia (towards Germany) in Britain
>  today. Not likely.
Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) was the doctrine, developed by Guderian, to
punch through opposition lines by fast-moving and deeply penetrating
concentrated attacks of armored units, supported by mounted infantry and
close-air attacks.  The term was actually coined by an American jounalist
(Shirer?) late '39/early '40.  Worked quite well, for a time.  Had nothing
real specific to do with civilians.  Unfortuantely, we Amis & Brits did a
much better job of targeting cilvilians (from the air).  The term
"collateral damage" was unknown in that era.

>  And even if "blitzkrieg" had an older origin, why associate one of our
>  favorite forms of modern German technology/culture with its worst product?
>  I think _any_ WWII-specific references on a German car are best avoided.
You know, I did feel really, really weird walking out of "Saving Private
Ryan" and climbing into the q.....

Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally