[MR] Fighters are not by nature vulgarians

[Lord Lyon Filshenri]

I have no doubt that fighters TRY to be chivalric, and certainly are
when we are on the field, presenting to our ladies, serving our crown in
battle; however if you have never been in the locker-room atmosphere
that develops at many practices, post-revels and while waiting for the
fighting to start, then you are fighting in a different SCA than I am.

Don't take offense though--our behavior is utterly period. We are no
better or worse in this regard than the soldiers we portray, and I
expect we are civil and vulgar in roughly the same proportions they
were.

Lyon

Takenoshita Naro wrote:

I would like to object to the characterization of fighters as vulgar.
We fight for the honor of another; we would be hypocritical and
counterproductive if we then besmirched that honor with rampant
vulgarity. Chivalry _and_ courtesy are our highest ideals.  I'm not
claiming that no fighter is ever vulgar, or even that all vulgarity is
always inappropriate; I'm just saying it's not fair to paint us as a
class with that brush.

In service,
-- 
Takenoshita Naro
Frank Downs

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