Event Ideals (fighting)

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Date:          Tue, 11 Jul 1995 17:49:15 -0500
To:            ansteorra at eden.com
From:          litch at eden.com (R. Michael Litchfield)
Subject:       Re: Event Ideals (fighting)
Reply-to:      ansteorra at eden.com

> When a person enters the list, most times he/she is
>entering to win the list.  Thats what it is all about.

ARGHHH!

This is the attitude which has turned me off of fighting in the SCA more
than anything else (well maybe the White Belt force field & free knee 
shot
bullshit).
Believe it or not there are a lot of fighters who are not in it "just to 
win"
that attitude tends to make for rhino-hiding, questionable blows, and 
the
whole host of unchivalric behaivior that occurs too often in the 
society.

The society I joined had ppl that fought for honor, glory, and to do
curtosy to the people who's favor they held. Now, I guess winning is 
all
that counts.

> It gets right down to
>you aren't entering the list so whether or not you are bored by it is 
not an
>issue.

Tripe. Egregious tripe. This is not the Society of bashing people with
rattan, it is about a hell of a lot more than just whether some stupid
stick jock bubba wants to win.

>Mara O.L.

-mcihael

Is your language really approprate, you can disagree with someone 
without resorting to crass language.  It only make you look 
under-educated, and underminds the good sections of your points.
I'm new to this list but not the society, and I know that this doesn't fit 
with the consept of civlary, or are you not in to that either?

Lynette