[Ansteorra] Story from Crown Tourney

[Tim McDaniel]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, pancua <pancua at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Childers, Jeff
> <Jeff.Childers at ttuhsc.edu>wrote:
>
>> Who is to be blamed. The guy who BELIEVES he is ok or us, his
>> supposed friends, who lets them head back out. There have been
>> times where someone should have said something but didn't.
>
> This is an argument I hear a lot and it really aggravates me.  Who
> is to be blamed? The fighter, cause it is ultimately their decision.
>
> I refuse to take the responsibility for someone else's actions if
> they refuse to listen to what their bodies are telling them. Do I
> have the right to say something to them? Of course, out of general
> respect. But to tell them they cannot fight cause *I* feel they
> can't? No, that is not my responsibility. The only way I would
> interfere with a person and their ability to fight is if they were
> so completely incoherent at which point, I doubt they would be
> fighting anymore anyways.

My understanding is that heat illness can muddy one's judgment.
If so, what if it sneaks up on you?

Danel de Lyncoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com