"critical thinking" in many parts of the world means "just turn on the TV/telly/tube/media-dispenser and let hours of commercials burrow into your subconscious mind, and don't worry because you really never pay attention to ads".

Which parts of the world? Care to provide a citation - for each one?

WW2 demonstrated that 2-seater "heavy fighters" like the Me110 didn't fare at all well in combat with smaller, more responsive planes like the Spitfire. That conclusion has never changed since.

It totally has changed, ever since dogfights with guns became a last resort rather than the normal method of engagement.

With modern BVR weapons, manoeuvrability is far outshadowed by the usefulness of a second brain to deal with radar, targeting, navigation etc.

There was no such thing as the British Army until about 6 centuries later, you fat twat.

27 times.

Unless higher calibre shells are shaped like discs, which they aren't.

How the fucking hell would the gunner get severed hand or fingers? He's nowhere near the sodding breech, you pillock.

Actually there were many founding fathers who thought slavery was a bad thing.

Clearly not enough, or that unpleasantness 100 years later wouldn't have happened.

They were well off. They had money and power. They risked it all.

And that gives them the right to cling on to them?

You go ahead though and sit there with your awesome knowledge of all things and point out what pieces of crap they are and how you would have done it soo much better.

Irrelevant. How about you go ahead and tell me how they were able, two-and-a-bit centuries ago, to come up with a set of rules that would cover spaceflight, nuclear bombs, and the internet.

You're no better than the Taliban.

Because whatever the purported ideals are, it's the implementation that really matters?

The Bofors 40mm AA gun of WW2 vintage was commonly mounted on a trailer - much lighter than a tank.

It would have been useless as an AA weapon if it was bouncing around all over the place when it was fired.

The USA was founded to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people

Where people = well-off white men who own slaves.

Instead of those abrupt changes you could sort of merge them into each other, like those Philips mood lights or WTF they're called.

Do any current traffic lights do that? No they don't. See what a good idea it is?

Business programmers who don't have a choice and must use what the IT department gives them.

Simple answer is YES. Everything will be monochrome soon.

But not too contrasty, that looks untidy!

Try very light grey on white. Or slate grey on black.