[MR] Arts for fighters/fighting for non-fighters

[Becky McEllistrem]

--- richardfitzgilbert at jcsussman.org wrote:

> Greetings from Richard Fitzgilbert!
> 
> Such discussions are not unheard of.  It used to be
> a standard "rule" that a
> knight candidate should have registered arms.  These
> days it takes so much
> longer to become a knight that this "rule" has
> disappeared.  When mentioning
> this rule amongst the Pelicans and seeing that this
> idea was universally
> appealing, I suggested that a good equivalent rule
> would be to require that
> any Pelican candidate should be an authorized
> fighter.  Somehow that
> suggestion did not have equivalent appeal.
> 
> Yes, I jest.  Not everyone found it as humorous as I
> did.  The peerage
> orders are equal but they are not the same.  Any
> attempt to force them into
> the same mold fails.  Each peer should make well
> rounded contributions to
> the SCA according to their own abilities and
> circumstances.  All peers
> should contribute to the arts and sciences as they
> see fit.  Knights already
> contribute to the art/science of combat.  
> 
> Richard
>
Boy sometimes we do not know how to lighten up and I'm
just as guilty as the next person.  Part of why I
became an MOL again.  I am mostly an A&S person but I
wanted some sort of involvement in the fighting side
of the hobby.

Rebecca