Why I Hate Fencing

[Rik Packham/Angus mac Taggart]

Which makes me think: is there not people of the Rapier Fighting style out
there that _have_ some great skill in their art (rapier fighting) and have
made a sizable impact on the people around them?

I favor "chivalric" fighting, but rapier fighting is prized by many of my
friends. I understand that the only way to become King/Queen (get 'em
Rowan) is to win at Crown Tourney, so that is obviously giving an
indication of a mild bias on the Crowns' way of thought. But should we give
serious consideration to the formation of a new peerage? Should the
position of Don be elevated to being a peer? If so, should all Dons (and
forgive me, but I know not the feminine (boy am I going to catch it for
that one) form of Don), be elevated to peer status, or should they be
re-avaluated(sp?) for the position of peer? If they are re-avaluated for
peer status, should a new (and unused) title be coined? Should the Queen
begin petitioning the peerage for the formation of this new status? Or
should I shut up and run and hide the Highland way?

Angus "The Curious" mac Taggart

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> From: Chris Walden <cmwalden at flash.net>
> 
>  Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace wrote:
> 
> > Let's
> > try "the result that fencers with peerages FOR FENCING are about as
> > common as three-headed sheep." Well, maybe TWO-headed sheep.
> 
> There have not been peerages for fencing because the powers that be 
> have not seen fit to make one.  But then a peerage isn't really made 
> for one activity, is it?  It's based (theoretically) on the ability 
> in one's art, and the way in which they shape the people around them.
> 
> Antoine