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.<br>
<br>Avery<br>Royalist<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Peter Wohlers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donpieter@aol.com" target="_blank">donpieter@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>
And I am not the only one that says they are relics. Thank you,</div><div class="im"><div>Pieter<br><br><div>Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui</div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Oct 10, 2012, at 6:18 PM, Jay Rudin <<a href="mailto:rudin@peoplepc.com" target="_blank">rudin@peoplepc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial,sans-serif">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.<br>
<br>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".<br><br>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin<br>
</font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:0px;BORDER-LEFT:#0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Peter Wohlers <u></u>
<br>Sent: Oct 10, 2012 6:01 PM
<br>To: Ansteorra RapierNet <u></u>
<br>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules
<br><br><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><div>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. </div>
<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>I have heard sportsmanship because some people think they will have an advantage over others with a light blade. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Fear? Fear of hitting or being hit with a rapier v an épée or foil. </div><div><br></div><div>Laziness?</div><div><br></div><div>Poor training?</div><div><br></div><div>Obama?</div><div><br></div><div>
Take your pick. But none of those are a good excuse to keep relics out of the museum of Sca rapier history. </div><div><br></div><div>Pieter<br><br><div>Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>
On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Chris Zakes <<a href="mailto:dontivar@gmail.com" target="_blank">dontivar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><br>
They are a dead simulator, a relic of fossil days.
<font></font></blockquote><br>
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? <br><br>
<u></u> <u></u>-Tivar
Moondragon<br>
<u></u> <u></u>
fossil-in-residence
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