Re: [Middlebridge] Fighting Not Sport Cousin???

You wrote:
>
>Coley wrote:
>
>I once argued with Queen Catherine ( Dagan'sCatherine ) ( in her
kitchen
>over tea) her belief that SCA fighting was a recreation and not a
sport.
>I said that whenever one person is proclaimed a victor it is a sport ,

>and went on to suggest that we institute marshals that wore black and
>white striped tunics.
>
>Magnus replies:
>
>Any person who tries to tell me fighting isn't a sport obviously has
>never done a practice in the mid-west summer, for 3 hours, in armor!
>Seriously, if golf and lawn bowling are sports, if you can argue to
the
>"sport" of parachuting (wherein the participant experiences gravity
and
>little else) -- Nay if the chase after a fox on horseback is
synonymous
>with the very word "sport" then I say (loudest voice)
>
>FIGHTING BE SPORT!!!
>

Finn's 2 cents:

Fighting must be more than sport, for a sport is something that one
does for it's own sake or for one's ammusement. Where as I do enjoy
fighting, it is something I do for the honor and favor of those that
inspire me. I play golf for my own ammusement. After all if this is
just a sport shouldn't we just all get the lightest wieght modern
equipment, add real ref's, and go looking for sponsorships/endorsement
contracts. Call my agent.

Finn Jarl
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From: kgriggs@ix.netcom.com (Kevin Griggs)
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Received on Mon Jun 12 13:43:26 1995