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- From: colin@babbage.syd.ips.oz.au (Colin Yuile)
- Subject: Re:Fighting in crown: a thought
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.002010.19457@ips.oz.au>
- Originator: colin@babbage.syd.ips.oz.au
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- Reply-To: colin@ips.oz.au (Colin Yuile)
- Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services. Sydney, Australia.
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:20:10 GMT
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- >>nusbache@epas.utoronto.ca (Aryk Nusbacher) writes:
- >>>Why on earth would you want to open the possibility of becoming SCA
- >>>royalty to non-fighting couples?
-
- >>Why not? There are many people who would make great monarchs but
- >>either don't fight or are not good fighters. Being able to pound
- >>people harder than anyone else does not guarantee any other skills.
-
- >What skills?
-
- >It's not like the king is going to do any damage if he's an idiot,
- >even in kingdoms where they let the king do anything he wants. And
- >there is no method of choosing a king that will guarantee you skills,
- >not even if you tell the applicants to send a resume, and give a civil
- >service exam.
-
- It is quite possible for SCA royalty to make stupid decisions, which
- remain uncorrected due to the inherant conservatism of the society.
- Allowing non fighters to become royalty won't stop dumb decisions,
- but should allow better informed decisions in non fighting areas.
- The majority of monarchs would still be fighters, with the occasional
- non fighting couple adding a bit of variety. I think fighting for
- a couple would be extremely chivalric and a nice change from
- Thung Superjock fighting for his current girlfriend Flossy.
-
- Juan
-
- "Anyone who beats me two out of three times deserves to be a knight"
- - A lochac knight
-