[Ansteorra] Indoor Fighting, was Re: Ansteorra Digest, Vol 51, Issue 13
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 15:58:06 PDT 2010
At 03:38 PM 7/13/2010, you wrote:
>I concur that most people in the SCA would not want to be referred
>to as macho. A close by society incourages macho behavior with bull
>fighting, cock fighting, horse tripping, and training their male
>horses to "dance" by tying them between two poles and whipping their
>legs sometimes till they bleed. No wonder tempers flared. I
>believe that when posting on a public forum where passions and
>tradtions run deep is crude and obnoxious. It's most certainly not
>going to endeer anyone.
>Personally I would love to see shaded pavillions for fighters but
>even then they have the right to refuse and fight in a traditional
>setting. My thought is set up public pavillions for spectators and
>misting fans like Warlord had. As a new comer I have been afraid to
>even ask for shade under a pavallion because I am concerned it would
>be seen as rude.
>
>Irial
Asking if there's extra space under a pavilion isn't rude. Moving
into a pavilion *without* asking--which I've had happen to me on
occasion--that's rude.
As a generalization, pavilions for groups (like Bryn Gwlad, Steppes,
etc.) are pretty much open to all.
-Tivar Moondragon
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