[MR] 4th Peerage

[Duane Moore]

Corrections: VA is "prime" horse country, and 'also' should be 'almost'. Need more coffee!

Sir Bryce de Byram,OL,OP (Duane M. Moore) 300%Peer-Evil
Baron Caer Mear


--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Duane Moore <poetamilitarus at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Duane Moore <poetamilitarus at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] 4th Peerage
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 11:19 AM
> Two gentle points:
> 
> 1. Rapier is not practiced in all kingdoms, and is hardly
> practiced with the same level of skill and talent as our
> fencing community from realm to realm. Peerages should be
> universal. While rapier has been a part of our Kingdom's
> culture for about 16 or so years, it is not that ancient an
> art in other Kingdoms. Other martial arts mentioned in this
> '4th peerage' have been practiced even less that has
> rapier. Equistrian, for instance, the Sport of Kings, is
> widely varingly from kingdom to kingdom. It still amazes me
> that Central Virginia, prmie horse country, is also entirely
> with out SCA esquistrian activity.
> 2. Who said life was Fair? :-)
> 
> Kind regards, 
> 
> Sir Bryce de Byram,OL,OP (Duane M. Moore) 300%Peer-Evil
> Baron Caer Mear
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Lady Rhiannon of Berra
> <ladyrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Lady Rhiannon of Berra <ladyrhi at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [MR] 4th Peerage
> > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:25 AM
> > I've not fought heavy and only fought rapier for a
> short
> > time; but here are
> > my thoughts.
> > 
> > It takes years of skill and practice to achieve a
> > Knighthood.  The Rapier
> > community also puts in the same amount of practice and
> > skill in their craft
> > as well.  It's a fighting style, and as such while
> the
> > research and skill in
> > creating the armor for rapier fighting can be
> considered an
> > Art; the same
> > "argument" can be made for heavy fighting. 
> The
> > fighting aspect of what they
> > do doesn't fit into the other peerages and they
> should
> > be recognized for
> > their skill the same as A&S, Service and Heavy
> fighters
> > are.  To give them
> > any less is not fair nor equitable.  Everyone should
> be
> > able to aspire to a
> > Peerage someday if that's their wish; to impose
> limits
> > on a group based
> > solely on their choice of fighting (heavy vs. rapier)
> in
> > unfair.
> > 
> > I don't think the creation of a fourth peerage
> takes
> > anything away from the
> > other three, if anything, it adds to them.
> > 
> > 
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