[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

[Peter Wohlers]

And if 90% of the community came to that 1% you don't think they would listen? 
Pieter

Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui
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On Oct 10, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Sean Hertzberg <colsith at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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