[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

[Sean Hertzberg]

Actually, you would be wrong.  The choice will eventually be made by less
than 1% of the population.  We can give advice, but the choice belongs to
the Crown at a Kingdom level, and to the Society Marshals above that.
People can make their opinions known, but this is not a democracy.

Avery
Royalist

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Peter Wohlers <donpieter at aol.com> wrote:

> Actually a 90% majority does in fact have they right to tell you you can't
> use something if that majority has the rules changed to tell you that they
> are no longer legal.
>
> And I am not the only one that says they are relics. Thank you,
> Pieter
>
> Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 6:18 PM, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
> I've always had several things in my bag that over 90% of the kingdom
> don't have in their bags. 90% of the kingdom has no right to tell me that I
> can't use a large round target, a 30" Del Tin, a boffer beer mug, a
> chainmail glove, a scabbard - or an epee.
>
> And it's not a relic if people are still using it, unless "relic" means
> "something Pieter doesn't want to use and therefore nobody else should be
> allowed to use either".
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Wohlers **
> Sent: Oct 10, 2012 6:01 PM
> To: Ansteorra RapierNet **
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules
>
> ************
> Why do people drive a 1975 olds cutlass? I dunno. Doesn't make much sense
> to me to use a weapon that over 90% of the kingdom (or many other kingdoms)
> doesn't even carry in their bags.
>
> I have heard price but a Hanwei or Alchem are very reasonably priced and
> will last way longer then a foil or épée with normal use.
>
> I have heard sportsmanship because some people think they will have an
> advantage over others with a light blade.
>
> Fear? Fear of hitting or being hit with a rapier v an épée or foil.
>
> Laziness?
>
> Poor training?
>
> Obama?
>
> Take your pick. But none of those are a good excuse to keep relics out of
> the museum of Sca rapier history.
>
> Pieter
>
> Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> They are a dead simulator, a relic of fossil days.
>
>
> If they're just fossils, then why was Asbiorn talking about using them
> fairly recently in Bonwicke, or Rixende talking about someone using one at
> the last Elfsea Baronial?
>
> **        **-Tivar Moondragon
> **        ** fossil-in-residence
>
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