[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

[Peter Wohlers]

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
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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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